dowsing

English

Noun

dowsing (countable and uncountable, plural dowsings)

1. The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
2. The use of a pendulum to find something

Synonyms

• divining
• water divining
• water witching

Hyponyms

• doodlebugging

Translations

water seeking practice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 探尋水源, 探寻水源 (tànxún shuǐyuán), 尋水術, 寻水术 (xúnshuǐshù)

• Finnish: kaivonkatsominen
• French: rhabdomancie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Wünschelrutengehen n
• Greek: υδροσκοπία (el) f (ydroskopía)
• Japanese: ダウジング (daujingu)
• Russian: лозоиска́тельство (ru) n (lozoiskátelʹstvo), лозохо́дство (ru) n (lozoxódstvo), биолока́ция (ru) f (biolokácija)

Verb

dowsing

1. present participle of dowse

Anagrams

• disgown