rinse

SEE DEFINITION OF rinse

verbwash off, out

Synonyms for rinse

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Antonyms for rinse

bathed

verb. wash with water and, usually, soap

bathing

verb. wash with water and, usually, soap

Word Origin & History

c.1300 "subject to light washing; wash with water only" (mid-13c. in surname Rinsfet), from Old French reincier (transitive) "to wash, cleanse" (12c., Modern French rincer), probably dissimilated from recincier, from Vulgar Latin *recentiare "to make fresh, to wash, cleanse with water," from Late Latin recentare "to make fresh," from Latin recens "new, fresh" (see recent). OED says similarity in form and sense with Old Norse hreinsa is "prob[ably] accidental." Meaning "wash a second time to remove remaining impurities, soap, etc." is from 1520s. Related: Rinsed; rinsing.

Example Sentences forrinse

Stir them about in it, and then take them out, and rinse them well in cold water.

Have your churn very clean, and rinse and cool it with cold water.

Rinse the onions, sprinkle some salt over them, and put them into fresh water.

Peel and rinse the mushrooms, and cut off the ends of the stalks.

Peel the mushrooms; rinse them to remove any grit, and cut off the ends of the stalks.

After that it was saved for the husband to rinse the worst off when he came home from the mine.

Rinse off the connectors and wipe them dry with a cloth, or heat them to dry them.

Rinse off the salt, and give him a cold dash with the hands or a spray.

Put the salt back, rinse out the sugarbowl, and refill it with sugar.

He managed to run a comb through his hair and rinse out his mouth.

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More words related to rinse

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bathed

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cleaned

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