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Antonyms for rinse

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rins
Phonetic Transcription : rɪns


Definition of rinse

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb wash off, out
Example sentences :
  • Stir them about in it, and then take them out, and rinse them well in cold water.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Have your churn very clean, and rinse and cool it with cold water.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Rinse the onions, sprinkle some salt over them, and put them into fresh water.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Peel and rinse the mushrooms, and cut off the ends of the stalks.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Peel the mushrooms; rinse them to remove any grit, and cut off the ends of the stalks.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • After that it was saved for the husband to rinse the worst off when he came home from the mine.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Rinse off the connectors and wipe them dry with a cloth, or heat them to dry them.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Rinse off the salt, and give him a cold dash with the hands or a spray.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Put the salt back, rinse out the sugarbowl, and refill it with sugar.
  • Extract from : « Jerry's Charge Account » by Hazel Hutchins Wilson
  • He managed to run a comb through his hair and rinse out his mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Circuit Riders » by R. C. FitzPatrick

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