Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

    You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine.

    spülen

    полоска́тьpoloskátʹ, спола́скиватьspoláskivatʹ, сполосну́тьspolosnútʹ

    wash off soap or remaining dirt

  2. (transitive)To remove soap from (something) using water.

    Rinse the dishes after you wash them.

    spülen

    полоска́тьpoloskátʹ, смыва́тьsmyvátʹ

  3. (transitive)To drink and hangout with friends.

    Let's Rinse later tonight at my house.

  4. (transitive)To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something.

  5. (UK, slang)To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

    You got rinsed.

Examples

90 sentences

  1. I rinsed the dishes.

    Я прополоскав посуд. — lingvokrolik

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  2. Tom started rinsing off the dishes.

    deTom fing an, das Geschirr abzuspülen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Did you rinse off your plate?

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  4. I have to rinse my mouth.

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  5. After washing the dishes, I rinse them.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to wash something quickly using water and no soap:
to remove soap from something using water:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to wash something quickly using water and no soap:

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

rinses, rinsing, rinsed, rinsed
Base formrinse · to rinse
3rd person singularrinses
Present participlerinsing
Past simplerinsed
Past participlerinsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrinse
he, she, itrinses

Past simpleLesson

all personsrinsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rinsed
he, she, ithas rinsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rinse

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • wash off soap or remaining dirt:rinse off
  • rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash:gargle
  • clean with some chemical process:wash

Word family

10 related words
Relatedrinsing
Derivedprerinsererinserinseablerinse downrinse offrinse outrinse-pitcherrinserunrinsed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ringtonerinkrioriotrioter

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