What is the meaning of dousing?

noun

• The act of wetting something by submerging it.
  • synonyms: submersion, immersion, ducking

verb

• Put out, as of a candle or a light.
  • usage: "Douse the lights"
  • synonyms: douse, put out
• Wet thoroughly.
  • synonyms: douse, dowse
• Dip into a liquid.
  • usage: "He dipped into the pool"
  • synonyms: dip, douse, duck
• Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
  • usage: "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
  • synonyms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
• Lower quickly.
  • usage: "douse a sail"
  • synonyms: douse
• Slacken.
  • usage: "douse a rope"
  • synonyms: douse, dowse
• Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
  • usage: "souse water on his hot face"
  • synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse