souse
verb/saʊs/
/saʊs/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they souse | /saʊs/ /saʊs/ |
| he / she / it souses | /ˈsaʊsɪz/ /ˈsaʊsɪz/ |
| past simple soused | /saʊst/ /saʊst/ |
| past participle soused | /saʊst/ /saʊst/ |
| -ing form sousing | /ˈsaʊsɪŋ/ /ˈsaʊsɪŋ/ |
- souse something/somebody to soak something/somebody completely in a liquidWord Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting pickled meat): from Old French sous ‘pickle’, of Germanic origin; related to salt.
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