as in washed
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse
rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set
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Recent Examples of rinsed
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Washable ones can be rinsed in water only and air dried.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Once rinsed off, your pores are inexplicably less noticeable and your face ridiculously refreshed.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
After complaining of pain, Nelson continues, Dakar rinsed off the solution and gave her a fan to cool her face down.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
At this stage, the anchovies can be packaged with the salt they were cured in, or they can be rinsed, deboned, filleted, packed into tins or jars, and covered in oil.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
The operator rinsed the gloved hand in the sink and came back to the main cook line to prep food.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Both the filter and the basket can be easily rinsed out with a garden hose.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
How to clean hummingbird feeders Ensure your feeders are thoroughly washed and rinsed before filling them with food.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Washable ones can be rinsed in water only and air dried.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Once rinsed off, your pores are inexplicably less noticeable and your face ridiculously refreshed.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
After complaining of pain, Nelson continues, Dakar rinsed off the solution and gave her a fan to cool her face down.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
At this stage, the anchovies can be packaged with the salt they were cured in, or they can be rinsed, deboned, filleted, packed into tins or jars, and covered in oil.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
The operator rinsed the gloved hand in the sink and came back to the main cook line to prep food.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Both the filter and the basket can be easily rinsed out with a garden hose.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
How to clean hummingbird feeders Ensure your feeders are thoroughly washed and rinsed before filling them with food.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rinsed
Verb
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The broken pipes then washed even more soil into the tunnel, making the situation worse.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pad has enough traction to stay in place and can be removed and hand-washed when necessary.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Trees growing in irrigated lawns are susceptible to overwatering.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And in Garcia’s long interception return, Benitez was harassed by the defense, flushed out of the pocket and forced to throw off balance.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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The thing was flushed down a toilet as a baby gator years earlier and is now running amok, chomping down on whomever looks appetizing.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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They are designed to protect homes and businesses against the type of winter storms that have severely flooded the low-lying community of Alviso multiple times with water up to 6 feet deep and which are posing more risk as sea level rises due to climate change.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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In 2021 a city spokeswoman said that 6,000 to 8,000 homes were flooded; on Thursday at the news conference, Hammoud said that 20,000 homes were flooded.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s also a level of expertise that Questlove and Patel, by being so steeped in the music industry, were able to bring to the interview process.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These dreamy waffles are crisp and golden on the outside; moist, light and fluffy on the inside.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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After cleansing, my skin feels moist but not sticky.—
Sarah Y. Wu,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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By combining sensing and computing in one aqueous device, the graphene oxide system marks a notable step for biomimetic gustation and neuromorphic engineering, as well as hints at future tools that may extend, or even reconstruct, the sense of taste.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Constant moisture and humidity from hot showers, less-than-ideal ventilation, and damp surfaces can make bathrooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms prone to mold growth.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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The floors also dried quickly — much faster than with traditional mopping, so there was no tiptoing around damp areas.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Rinsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rinsed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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