- present participle of rinse.
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Noun Inflected Forms
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
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
If you've been spitting, rinsing and gargling after every brush, you might want to rethink that last step.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
I finish rinsing the rice until the tiny grains are sitting in a pool of cold clear water.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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
The teeth were thoroughly brushed, followed by three rinsings of the mouth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Mix the weighed sample of ore in a mortar with 10 grams of finely powdered lime and transfer to the tube; rinse out the mortar with a little more lime, and add the rinsings.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
Underneath the spigot was a big wooden pail, two-thirds full of drippings and rinsings.
From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles
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 Rhys, Ernest
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