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rinse


verb (used with object), rinsed, rins·ing.

  1. to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
  2. to douse or drench in clean water as a final stage in washing.
  3. to remove (soap, dirt, etc.) by such a process (often followed by off).
  4. to use a rinse on (the hair).

noun

  1. an act or instance of rinsing.
  2. the water used for rinsing.
  3. any preparation that may be used on the hair after washing, especially to tint or condition the hair.
  4. an act or instance of using such a preparation on the hair.

verb (tr)

  1. to remove soap from (clothes, etc) by applying clean water in the final stage in washing
  2. to wash lightly, esp without using soapto rinse one’s hands
  3. to give a light tint to (hair)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of rinsing
  2. hairdressing a liquid preparation put on the hair when wet to give a tint to ita blue rinse
v.

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.

n.

1837, from rinse (v.). As a hair treatment, by 1928.

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