1. (

• drenching ,
• soaking ,
• souse ,
• sousing

) the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" ;

1. (

• drench ,
• douse ,
• dowse ,
• soak ,
• sop ,
• souse ,

) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" ;

2. (

• dunk ,
• dip ,
• souse ,
• plunge ,
• douse

) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" ;

3. (

• souse ,
• soak ,
• inebriate ,
• hit_it_up

) become drunk or drink excessively ;

4. (

• souse

) cook in a marinade; "souse herring" ;