'Rinsing' definitions:
Definition of 'rinsing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing [syn: rinse, rinsing]
Definition of 'Rinsing'
From: GCIDE
- Rinse \Rinse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rinsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rinsing.] [OE., fr. OF. rincer, rimser, reinser, ra["i]ncier, F. rincer; of uncertain origin.]
- 1. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle. "Like a glass did break i' the rinsing." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rinsing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablution,
- affusion,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- bones,
- chaff,
- cleaning out,
- culm,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadwood,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- dishwater,
- douche,
- douching,
- draff,
- dregs,
- drowning,
- dust,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- enema,
- filings,
- flooding,
- flush,
- flushing,
- flushing out,
- garbage,
- gash,
- hogwash,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- husks,
- immersion,
- inundation,
- irrigation,
- lathering,
- lavabo,
- lavage,
- lavation,
- laving,
- leavings,
- lees,
- moistening,
- mopping,
- mopping up,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- rinse,
- scouring,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scrubbing up,
- scum,
- shampoo,
- shards,
- shavings,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- soaping,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- stubble,
- submersion,
- swabbing,
- swashing,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- wash,
- washing,
- washing up,
- washout,
- washup,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- watering,
- weeds,
- wetting,
- wiping up