dowsing

Thân thiện

A person holds a dowsing rod while walking across a grassy field.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The practice of searching for underground water or minerals using a dowsing rod: Dowsing is a traditional method where a person, often called a dowser, uses a forked stick, rods, or a pendulum to locate subsurface water, metals, or other objects.

Usage

• Dowsing is typically used as a subject or object in a sentence to describe the activity itself.
• It is often discussed in contexts related to folklore, alternative practices, geology, or archaeology.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The farmer relied on dowsing to find a good spot to dig a new well.
  • Despite its popularity in some rural areas, dowsing is not considered a scientific method by most geologists.

Advanced Usage

• "Water dowsing": A specific type of dowsing focused on locating groundwater.
  • Water dowsing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures.
• "To practice dowsing": To engage in the activity of dowsing.
  • He learned to practice dowsing from his grandfather.

Variants and Related Words

• Dowsing rod (n): The tool, typically a forked stick or a pair of L-shaped rods, used in dowsing.
  • The dowser held the dowsing rod loosely as he walked across the field.
• Dowse (v): To search for something using a dowsing rod.
  • They hired a man to dowse for water on their property.
• Dowser (n): A person who practices dowsing.
  • The dowser claimed the rods twitched strongly over the aquifer.

Synonyms

• Water witching: (Informal, chiefly US) A synonym for dowsing, specifically for water.
• Divining: The act of discovering or locating something, especially water, by seemingly magical or intuitive means.

Related Phrases

• "To dowse for [something]": The standard phrase describing the action.
  • The prospector used the rods to dowse for precious metals.

Học thuật

Noun

1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dowse
• rhabdomancy