different between flushing vs rinse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl????/

Etymology 1

flush +? -ing

Verb

flushing

1. present participle of flush

Derived terms

• flushingly

Etymology 2

From Middle English flusshyng, flusshynge, equivalent to flush +? -ing.

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

1. The act by which something is flushed.

   We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.

Etymology 3

Named after the dated anglicized Dutch city name Flushing (“Vlissingen”) where the wool was made, from Dutch Vlissingen, further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

1. (Britain) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
2. A surface formed of floating threads.

Anagrams

• lungfish

English

Etymology

From Middle English rinsen, rensen, rinshen, rencen (“to rinse”), partly from Old Norse hreinsa (“to rinse”); and partly from Old French rincier, rinser, reinser (“to rinse”), Old Northern French raïncer, raïncier (“to rinse, cleanse”), from Old Norse hreinsa (“to rinse, cleanse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainis?n? (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Cognate with Danish rense (“to purify”), Norwegian rense (“to cleanse”), Swedish rensa (“to purge, clear, wipe clean”), Old High German reinis?n (“to clean, purify, atone”), German rein (“pure, clean”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (hrains, “clean”). More at riddle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns
• (dated, regional US) IPA^(key): /??ns/

Verb

rinse (third-person singular simple present rinses, present participle rinsing, simple past and past participle rinsed)

1. (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

   You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine.

2. (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.

   Rinse the dishes after you wash them.

3. (Britain, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

Derived terms

• rinse off
• rinse out

Translations

Noun

rinse (plural rinses)

1. The action of rinsing.

   I'll just give this knife a quick rinse.

2. A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.

   I had a henna rinse yesterday.

Synonyms

• (rinsing, a rinsing): lavatory
• (anything used to rinse): lavatory, wash

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, Siner, Siren, reins, resin, rines, risen, serin, siren