rinse

rinse is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
2. transitive verb. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.
3. noun. The act of rinsing.
4. noun. washing lightly without soap
5. noun. the act of giving a light tint to the hair
6. noun. the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

   Synonyms: rinsing

7. noun. a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
8. verb. rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

   "gargle with this liquid"

   Synonyms: gargle

9. verb. clean with some chemical process

   Synonyms: wash

10. verb. wash off soap or remaining dirt

Synonyms

rinsing, gargle, wash

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rinse:

reins, resin, risen, serin, siren

Common word forms

rinsed, rinser, rinses, rinsing

Words from these letters

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