different between rinse vs srub

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

English

Etymology

From shrub.

Noun

srub (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of shrub (a drink of fruit juice, spirits, etc.)
   • 1849-50, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

     […] Will you take something? A glass of srub and water, now? I smoke on srub and water, myself,' said Mr. Omer, taking up his glass, 'because it's considered softening to the passages, by which this troublesome breath of mine gets into action.

Anagrams

• brus, burs, rubs, urbs

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?srup]

Noun

srub m inan

1. A cabin (building made from wooden logs).

Declension

Further reading

• srub in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• srub in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989