rinse
The action of rinsingThe action of rinsing.
Meaning
3 sensesThe action of rinsing.
I'll just give this knife a quick rinse.
A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
I had a henna rinse yesterday.
a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
The act of drawing water into a syringe for the purported purpose of cleaning it.
Examples
90 sentencesI rinsed the dishes.
Я прополоскав посуд. — lingvokrolik
Tom started rinsing off the dishes.
deTom fing an, das Geschirr abzuspülen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Did you rinse off your plate?
I have to rinse my mouth.
After washing the dishes, I rinse them.
Origin
From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser,From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser, Old Northern French raïncer (“to rinse, cleanse”). Of contested origin. Possibly from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Alternatively from a dissimilation of Old French recincier, from Latin recentare (“to make fresh”).
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Forms
plural: rinsesSynonyms
3 synonyms- the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing:rinsing