RINSE


Meaning of RINSE in English

I. rinse 1 /rɪns/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: rincer , perhaps from Vulgar Latin recentiare , from Latin recens ; ⇨ ↑ recent ]

1 . to wash clothes, dishes, vegetables etc quickly with water, especially running water, and without soap:

Let me just rinse my hands.

Rinse the vegetables under a cold tap.

rinse something out

Don’t forget to rinse out your swimsuit.

2 . to remove soap, dirt etc from something by washing it quickly with water

rinse something off/out/away etc

Leave the shampoo for two minutes, then rinse it off with warm water.

I rinsed the mud out under the tap.

The cream rinses off easily.

3 . to put colour into your hair SYN dye

4 . if you rinse your mouth, or rinse your mouth out, you wash it by filling it with water and then ↑ spit ting the water out ⇨ gargle

II. rinse 2 BrE AmE noun

1 . [countable] when you rinse something:

I gave my hands a quick rinse.

2 . [uncountable and countable] a product you use to change the colour of your hair or to make it more shiny SYN dye :

a blue rinse for grey hair

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.