Past tense of rinse
regular verb
The past tense of rinse is rinsed. The past participle is also rinsed.
Forms of rinse
| Base form (V1) | rinse /ɹɪns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rinsed |
| Past participle (V3) | rinsed |
| Present participle | rinsing /ˈɹɪnsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | rinses |
Rinsed in a sentence
- Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around.1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 51
- You got rinsed.
- I rinsed off my shirt under the tap, to get rid of the worst of the mud.From the entry rinse off
- There was some food residue in the sink, so she rinsed it down.From the entry rinse down
- Deke mashed a wad of stinkbait onto the treble hook, then rinsed his fingers in the water to reduce the foul stench before lifting his beer can.From the entry stinkbait
Meaning of rinse
- verb To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
- verb To remove soap from (something) using water.
- verb To drink and hangout with friends.
Questions about the past tense of rinse
- What is the past tense of rinse?
- The past tense of rinse is rinsed.
- What is the past participle of rinse?
- The past participle of rinse is rinsed.
- Is rinse a regular or irregular verb?
- Rinse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rinse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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