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doven — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deaf adj Unable, or only partly able, to hear.
  • douse verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  • extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
  • snuff noun Finely ground tobacco meant to be inhaled through the nose or held against the gum.

Senses

doven is used for these senses in English:

  • deaf Unable (or partially able) to hear.
  • douse (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
  • extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  • put out To extinguish (fire).
  • snuff To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.

deaf — full definition

  1. adj Unable, or only partly able, to hear.
  2. adj Refusing to listen to something; unwilling to be persuaded.

douse — full definition

  1. verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  2. verb To put out a flame or light.

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