rewash

verb

Definition of rewashnext
as in to rinse

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Recent Examples of rewash Instead, reapply the stain treatment and rewash the garment. — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewash
  1. rinse
  2. rehydrate
  3. rewet
  4. irrigate
  5. dunk
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  • Instead, use regular water to rinse any leftover products away before trying the next one.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The roller rotates constantly and gets rinsed with clean water, so the part touching the car always stays clean.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rinse
Verb
  • Regular conditioning can help rehydrate, detangle, and smooth strands for softer, shinier hair.
    — Carley Millhone, HEALTH, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The cyclist was given water and time to rehydrate before those rescuers hauled that rider and broken bicycle downhill into Palisade.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehydrate
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  • Governments can then make decisions based on the resulting risk maps, such as prioritising patrols and fire bans in high-risk areas, and blocking drainage canals to rewet peatlands and raise groundwater levels before a fire starts.
    — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Many soils become hydrophobic when overly dry and can be difficult to rewet.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026
Definition of rewet
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  • In large parts of the Netherlands, farmers are no longer allowed to use water from streams and drainage channels to irrigate fields and orchards.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In many states, sewage water is treated – though not always in ways that remove or kill the oocysts – and then released into waterways and can be used to irrigate crops.
    — Joan Rose, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrigate
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  • Venom dunking Who would win in a basketball game, Spider-Man or his evil doppelgänger Venom?
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • O’Neal’s motivation for DUNKMAN was to create a better dunking platform than the NBA’s current version of the Slam Dunk Contest.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dunk

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“Rewash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewash. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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