souse :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

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

n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

v. cook in a marinade; "souse herring"

v. 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"

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

v. become drunk or drink excessively

v. engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"

v. cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

v. dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

v. kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

v. infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

v. cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

v. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

v. lower quickly; "douse a sail"

rub

v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"