rinse

When you need to use water to clean something or remove soap, the verb "rinse" is often used:

• Gloria rinsed the lettuce three times before she used it in a salad.
• It’s important to rinse certain vegetables and fruit before you eat them because they may be contaminated with chemicals and pesticides.
• Dave is rinsing some mud off of his car.
• Make sure you rinse all of the shampoo out of your hair.
• You can rinse the sand off of your feet with that hose.

 You can rinse your hands underneath a faucet.

The word "rinse" can also be used as noun:

• She gave her hair a good rinse.
• Give those apples a rinse.
• The car needs a rinse to get all of the salt off. (Salt is used to melt ice in cold-weather countries. It’s damages metal.)

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First published on June 9, 2014.