What is the meaning of sousing?

noun

• The act of making something completely wet.
  • usage: "he gave it a good drenching"
  • synonyms: drenching, soaking, souse

verb

• Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
  • usage: "souse water on his hot face"
  • synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
• 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
• Become drunk or drink excessively.
  • synonyms: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
• Cook in a marinade.
  • usage: "souse herring"
  • synonyms: souse