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Rinse
Definitions
- 1 The action of rinsing.
"I'll just give this knife a quick rinse."
- 2 washing lightly without soap wordnet
- 3 A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
"I had a henna rinse yesterday."
- 4 the act of giving a light tint to the hair wordnet
- 5 the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing wordnet
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- 6 a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint wordnet
- 1 To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap. transitive
"You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine."
- 2 rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash wordnet
- 3 To remove soap from (something) using water. transitive
"Rinse the dishes after you wash them."
- 4 clean with some chemical process wordnet
- 5 To drink and hangout with friends. transitive
"Let's Rinse later tonight at my house."
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- 6 wash off soap or remaining dirt wordnet
- 7 To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something. transitive
"Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around."
- 8 To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition. UK, slang
"You got rinsed."
Etymology
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”). Cognate with French rincer. From the Germanic verb are Danish rense, Norwegian rense, Swedish rensa (all “to clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”). It is related to German rein (“pure”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”), and English riddle. The Latin verb is related to recent.
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”). Cognate with French rincer. From the Germanic verb are Danish rense, Norwegian rense, Swedish rensa (all “to clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”). It is related to German rein (“pure”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”), and English riddle. The Latin verb is related to recent.
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