Wash vs. Rinse
Washverb
To clean with water.
Washverb
(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Washverb
(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
Washverb
(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
Washverb
(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Washverb
(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
Washverb
(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
Washverb
To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
Washverb
(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Washverb
(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
Washverb
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
Washverb
To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
Washverb
(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
Washverb
(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
Washnoun
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
Washnoun
A liquid used for washing.
Washnoun
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
Washnoun
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
Washnoun
(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
Washnoun
The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
Washnoun
The wake of a moving ship.
Washnoun
The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
Washnoun
Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
Washnoun
A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
Washnoun
A shallow body of water.
Washnoun
In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
Washnoun
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
Washnoun
A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
Washnoun
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
Washnoun
In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Washnoun
A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
Washnoun
A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Washnoun
(nautical) The blade of an oar.
Washnoun
The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
Washnoun
Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
Washnoun
(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
Washnoun
(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
Washverb
To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.
Washverb
To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore.
Washverb
To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
Washverb
To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; - often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands.
Washverb
To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Washverb
To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.
Washverb
To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
Washverb
To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents.
Washverb
To perform the act of ablution.
Washverb
To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water.
Washverb
To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash.
Washverb
To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; - said of road, a beach, etc.
Washverb
To use washes, as for the face or hair.
Washverb
To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing.
Washverb
to be accepted as true or valid; to be proven true by subsequent evidence; - usually used in the negative; as, his alibi won't wash.
Washnoun
The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.
Washnoun
A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire.
Washnoun
Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc.
Washnoun
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs.
Washnoun
The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Washnoun
That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface.
Washnoun
A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
Washnoun
The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water.
Washnoun
A liquid dentifrice.
Washnoun
The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
Washnoun
A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash.
Washnoun
Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
Washnoun
A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
Washnoun
Gravel and other rock débris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium.
Washnoun
A thin coat of color, esp. water color.
Washnoun
The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a cañon; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash; - called also dry wash.
Washnoun
A thin coat of metal applied in a liquid form on any object, for beauty or preservation; - called also washing.
Washnoun
The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable.
Washnoun
an action or situation in which the gains and losses are equal, or closely compensate each other.
Washnoun
the disturbance of the air left behind in the wake of a moving airplane or one of its parts.
Washadjective
Washy; weak.
Washadjective
Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods.
Washnoun
a thin coat of water-base paint
Washnoun
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Washnoun
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Washnoun
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway);
Washnoun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Washnoun
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Washnoun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Washnoun
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out;
Washverb
clean with some chemical process
Washverb
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Washverb
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
Washverb
move by or as if by water;
Washverb
be capable of being washed;
Washverb
admit to testing or proof;
Washverb
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Washverb
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Washverb
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent;
Washverb
form by erosion;
Washverb
make moist;
Washverb
wash or flow against;
Washverb
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking;
Washverb
clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent
Washverb
clean oneself with soap and water
Washverb
(with reference to a stain or dirt) remove or be removed by cleaning with water and detergent
Washverb
(of fabric, a garment, or dye) withstand cleaning to a specified degree without shrinking or fading
Washverb
do one's laundry
Washverb
wet or moisten (something) thoroughly
Washverb
(of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction
Washverb
be carried by flowing water
Washverb
(especially of waves) sweep or splash in a particular direction
Washverb
(of a river, sea, or lake) flow through or lap against (a country, coast, etc.)
Washverb
sift metallic particles from (earth or gravel) by running water through it
Washverb
brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink
Washverb
coat inferior metal with (a film of gold or silver from a solution)
Washverb
seem convincing or genuine
Washnoun
an act of washing something or an instance of being washed
Washnoun
a quantity of clothes needing to be or just having been washed
Washnoun
the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft
Washnoun
the breaking of waves on a shore
Washnoun
an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
Washnoun
a medicinal or cleansing solution
Washnoun
a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface
Washnoun
silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment.
Washnoun
a sandbank exposed only at low tide.
Washnoun
kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs.
Washnoun
malt fermenting in preparation for distillation.
Washnoun
a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides
Rinseverb
(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
Rinseverb
(transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.
Rinseverb
To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
Rinsenoun
The action of rinsing.
Rinsenoun
A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
Rinseverb
To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Rinseverb
To cleancse by the introduction of water; - applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.
Rinsenoun
The act of rinsing.
Rinsenoun
a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
Rinsenoun
the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
Rinsenoun
the act of giving a light tint to the hair
Rinsenoun
washing lightly without soap
Rinseverb
wash off soap or remaining dirt
Rinseverb
clean with some chemical process
Rinseverb
rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;
