SOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does souse mean? 

• SOUSE (noun)
  The noun SOUSE has 3 senses:

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

2. pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

3. the act of making something completely wet

  Familiarity information: SOUSE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SOUSE (verb)
  The verb SOUSE has 4 senses:

1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

2. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

3. become drunk or drink excessively

4. cook in a marinade

  Familiarity information: SOUSE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse

Hypernyms ("souse" is a kind of...):

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)

Derivation:

souse (become drunk or drink excessively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("souse" is a kind of...):

sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)

Derivation:

souse (cook in a marinade)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of making something completely wet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drenching; soaking; souse; sousing

Context example:

he gave it a good drenching

Hypernyms ("souse" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)

souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)

• SOUSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they souse    ... he / she / it souses   
Past simple: soused   
Past participle: soused   
-ing form: sousing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse

Context example:

souse water on his hot face

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "souse"):

brine (soak in brine)

bedraggle; draggle (make wet and dirty, as from rain)

bate (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments)

ret (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue)

flush; sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

souse; sousing (the act of making something completely wet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse

Context example:

dip the brush into the paint

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "souse"):

sop (dip into liquid)

dip; douse; duck (dip into a liquid)

dabble (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

souse (the act of making something completely wet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become drunk or drink excessively

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cook in a marinade

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

souse herring

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs souse the vegetables

Derivation:

souse (pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled)