Definition of "rinse" []

• To wash lightly with water. (verb-transitive)
• To remove (soap, for example) by washing lightly in water. (verb-transitive)
• The act of washing lightly. (noun)
• A solution, such as water, used in rinsing. (noun)
• A solution used in coloring or conditioning the hair. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Mokgadi, on the other hand, looked up into the dark clouds with both arms outstretched and let the rain rinse all of her cares away."
• "Finally, just over half using rinse is surprisingly high to me."
• "The sun was throwing long blue shadows over the fields, brightening the trees on the river bank, with a thin rinse of pale gold."