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RINSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Washing lightly without soap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Derivation:

rinse (clean with some chemical process)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of giving a light tint to the hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

hair coloring (the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

Synonyms:

rinse; rinsing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Holonyms ("rinse" is a part of...):

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Derivation:

rinse (wash off soap or remaining dirt)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rinse" is a kind of...):

hair coloring; hair dye; tint (a dye for coloring the hair)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

Example:

gargle with this liquid

Synonyms:

gargle; rinse

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

lave; wash (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clean with some chemical process

Synonyms:

rinse; wash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

process; serve; swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone)

Verb group:

wash; wash away; wash off; wash out (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent)

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rinse"):

elute (wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They rinse the cape

Derivation:

rinse (washing lightly without soap)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wash off soap or remaining dirt

Synonyms:

rinse; rinse off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rinse" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rinse"):

flush; purge; scour (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They rinse the cape

Derivation:

rinse; rinsing (the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Upon rinsing with botanical extracts rinse IZN-6N4 in the oral cavity, this agent may prevent inflammation of the mucosal membranes and may decrease chemotherapy- and/or radiation-induced oral mucositis.

(Botanical Extracts Rinse IZN-6N4, NCI Thesaurus)

The approach site might be mouth, but from a route code perspective, this could include: swallow, oral rinse, oral topical application, chew, oral dissolve, oral inhalation (via intermittent flow or rebreather mask).

(Performed Substance Administration Route Of Administration Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Upon rinsing with this mouthwash, honey modulates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines which may kill bacteria thus potentially preventing inflammation of the mucosal membranes and may decrease chemotherapy- and/or radiation-induced oral mucositis.

(Honey-containing Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

You may also start polishing silver and rinsing crystal for the year-end celebrations.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You can also rinse out your nose, but be sure to use distilled or sterilized water with saline.

(Hay Fever, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The condition often occurs as a nonspecific response to mechanical injury from incidental corneal contact by intraocular instruments during surgery; chemical injury from the improper use of intraocular drugs, drugs containing preservatives, or from residues from inadequate rinsing of detergents or other residues from surgical instruments.

(Corneal Decompensation, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon rinsing with the mouthwash, GAGs bind to heparan sulfate binding sites on macromolecules within the extracellular matrix (EMC), which prevents the destruction of the ECM and protects both growth factors and cytokines from being degraded.

(Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Mimetic Nanopolymer Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the exact mechanism remains to be elucidated, upon rinsing with this solution dexpanthenol is converted to pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) which is required for coenzyme A synthesis as well as for the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.

(Dexpanthenol Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

Interventions need not be costly, they stress; for example, cheap, scalable technologies (e.g. environmentally-friendly water filters) or behavioural interventions (e.g. rinsing practices of rice and vegetables prior to cooking) are currently being tested to reduce exposures at the household level.

(Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution, University of Cambridge)

I know that a great many empty bottles were one of the consequences of this traffic, and that certain men and boys were employed to examine them against the light, and reject those that were flawed, and to rinse and wash them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)