rinsing

rinsing
    n 1: the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of
         washing [syn: {rinse}, {rinsing}]
    

Rinse \Rinse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rinsed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rinsing}.] [OE., fr. OF. rincer, rimser, reinser,
   ra["i]ncier, F. rincer; of uncertain origin.]
   1. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated
      application of water after washing.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied
      especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle. "Like
      a glass did break i' the rinsing." --Shak.
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105 Moby Thesaurus words for "rinsing":
      ablution, affusion, aspergation, aspersion, baptism, bath, bathing,
      bedewing, bones, chaff, cleaning out, culm, dampening, damping,
      deadwood, deluge, dewing, dishwater, douche, douching, draff,
      dregs, drowning, dust, elution, elutriation, enema, filings,
      flooding, flush, flushing, flushing out, garbage, gash, hogwash,
      hosing, hosing down, humidification, husks, immersion, inundation,
      irrigation, lathering, lavabo, lavage, lavation, laving, leavings,
      lees, moistening, mopping, mopping up, offal, offscourings, orts,
      parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, rinse, scouring,
      scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scrub, scrubbing, scrubbing up,
      scum, shampoo, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, soaping,
      sparging, spattering, splashing, splattering, sponge, sponging,
      spraying, sprinkling, stubble, submersion, swabbing, swashing,
      sweepings, swill, tares, wash, washing, washing up, washout,
      washup, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, watering, weeds,
      wetting, wiping up