RINSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rinse mean? 

• RINSE (noun)
  The noun RINSE has 4 senses:

1. a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

2. the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

3. the act of giving a light tint to the hair

4. washing lightly without soap

  Familiarity information: RINSE used as a noun is uncommon.

• RINSE (verb)
  The verb RINSE has 3 senses:

1. wash off soap or remaining dirt

2. clean with some chemical process

3. rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

  Familiarity information: RINSE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RINSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

hair coloring; hair dye; tint (a dye for coloring the hair)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rinse; rinsing

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Holonyms ("rinse" is a part of...):

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Derivation:

rinse (wash off soap or remaining dirt)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of giving a light tint to the hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

hair coloring (the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Washing lightly without soap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Derivation:

rinse (clean with some chemical process)

• RINSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rinse    ... he / she / it rinses   
Past simple: rinsed   
Past participle: rinsed   
-ing form: rinsing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash off soap or remaining dirt

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

rinse; rinse off

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rinse"):

flush; purge; scour (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They rinse the cape

Derivation:

rinse; rinsing (the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clean with some chemical process

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

rinse; wash

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

process; serve; swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone)

Verb group:

wash; wash away; wash off; wash out (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent)

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rinse"):

elute (wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They rinse the cape

Derivation:

rinse (washing lightly without soap)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gargle; rinse

Context example:

gargle with this liquid

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

lave; wash (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Cuts and scrapes, for example, should be rinsed with cool water.

(First Aid, NIH)

A substance being studied as a mouth rinse treatment for oral mucositis (painful mouth sores) caused by cancer therapy.

(Benzydamine, NCI Dictionary)

In such settings we also see people just rinsing their hands with water rather than using soap because this is perceived to increase the amount of water required.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

Fluoride may also be put directly on the teeth, as a gel, toothpaste, or a rinse.

(Fluoride, NCI Dictionary)

The more something sticks to a surface, the more water it takes to rinse it off.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

An oral rinse solution containing a strain of the bacteria Lactococcus lactis (L. lactis) genetically modified to express human Trefoil Factor 1 (hTFF1) with potential cytoprotective activity.

(Human Trefoil Factor 1-Secreting Lactococcus lactis AG013, NCI Thesaurus)

A viscous, oral hydrogel rinse intended for the management of oral mucositis/stomatitis.

(Mucoadhesive Oral Wound Rinse, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells are then rinsed and applied to a slide for examination by a cytologist.

(Liquid-Based Cytology, NCI Thesaurus)

In a liquid-based Pap test, the cells are rinsed into a small container of liquid.

(liquid-based Pap test, NCI Dictionary)

Some ointments, creams or rinses may help with the pain.

(Canker Sores, NIH)