rinse

English

/ɹɪns/, /ɹɛns/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
  • (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.
  • (UK) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rinsen derived from Old Norse hreinsa (rinse, clean out, cleanse) derived from Old French rincier derived from raïncer derived from Old Norse hreinsa (rinse, clean out, cleanse) derived from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, purify, cleanse) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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