rinse

1. 1.

   wash off soap or remaining dirt

   Synonymsrinse off

   Broaderwash

   Narrowerflush
2. 2.

   clean with some chemical process

   Synonymswash

   Broaderserve

   Narrowerelute
3. 3.

   rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

   “gargle with this liquid”

   Synonymsgargle

   Broaderwash

Other forms of rinse

plural

rinses·

past tense

rinsed·

present participle

rinsing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rinse

What does rinse mean?

rinse means "a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rinse?

rinse has 1 syllable: rinse. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪns/.

What is another word for rinse?

Close synonyms include rinsing, rinse off, wash, gargle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rinse a common word?

rinse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.