- present participle of rinse.
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Etymology
Origin of rinsing
First recorded in 1325–75, rinsing is from the Middle English word rinsynge. See rinse, -ing 1
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Kniel said her lab has tested the effects of rinsing cyclospora off produce, and found that it removes some eggs, but not all of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In the local hospital, a modest building nestled within the hillside town's trees and high grass, healthcare workers are rinsing both floor and walls with a chlorine solution.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
"It brings into question whether reaching the eventual 92% target by rinsing and repeating this sequence of 'elective sprints' is financially feasible or manageable for already stretched NHS staff."
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The dedicated staff introduced us to the elephant we’d be bathing, allowing us to each scrub a quarter of the animal before rinsing clean.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
Mom is taking several showers a day, then rinsing her clothes in the sink and putting them on damp to cool herself off.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
The teeth were thoroughly brushed, followed by three rinsings of the mouth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
I rinsed our bowls with hot water and dumped the rinsings out the valve-door of the tent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
What! and take to him the dregs and rinsings of my life?
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
It is flashy and vapid, or is like the rinsings of different liquors at a night-cellar instead of a bottle of fine old port.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
A few rinsings in cold water conclude the treatment.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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