Mop - English meaning

adjective

Free from dirt, marks, or stains.

Usage examples:

The room was spotlessly clean

adverb

So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.

Usage examples:

The room had been washed clean

verb

Make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from.

Usage examples:

Clean your teeth properly after meals

noun

A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.

Usage examples:

The horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane

noun

The long, thick hair that grows along the top of a horse’s neck or around the face and neck of a male lion

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on.

Usage examples:

When he walks into the blackness of the entryway, he turns and wipes his feet onto the floor mat be…

verb

Tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.

Usage examples:

The fur on its flank was matted with blood

noun

Short for matrix (sense 3).

noun

A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

Usage examples:

It was a shock to face such hostile attitudes

verb

Short for shock absorber.

verb

Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Usage examples:

The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

noun

A primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.

Usage examples:

Other images are just as mystifying the spine of a sea urchin, sharks' teeth, sponges and ascidians…

verb

Wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth.

Usage examples:

She sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever

noun

Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

noun

A scraping implement with a rubber-edged blade set on a handle, typically used for cleaning windows.

Usage examples:

If we have a two-story house for instance, the windows and side walls will call for a squeegee with…

verb

Clean or scrape with a squeegee.

Usage examples:

Squeegee the shower doors while the surfaces are still wet

noun

A tool with a rubber blade and a short handle that is used for removing water from a surface such as a window or mirror after it has been washed

Usage examples:

He carries a squeegee as he searches for drivers who want their vehicle windows cleaned., the ameri…

noun

An absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.

Usage examples:

During the exam, your doctor may apply a cotton-tipped swab to the area to see if it is painful.

verb

An absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens.

noun

A small piece of soft material at the end of a thin stick, used esp. for cleaning something or for putting on medicine

Usage examples:

A cotton swab

verb

Twist together into a confused mass.

Usage examples:

The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

noun

A confused mass of something twisted together.

Usage examples:

A tangle of golden hair

noun

Any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed.

Usage examples:

An entirely natural extract, it is based on seaweed or tangle, widely available around scotland's s…

noun

A roof covering of straw, reeds, palm leaves, or a similar material.

Usage examples:

The rain drummed noisily on the thatch above her head

verb

Cover (a roof or a building) with straw or a similar material.

Usage examples:

They have constructed the walls and are now thatching the roof

verb

To make a roof for a building with straw or reeds

Usage examples:

In the daylight it is apparent that his trademark white-blond thatch of hair is starting to look a …

verb

Clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.

Usage examples:

Auntie lou had washed all their clothes

noun

An act of washing something or an instance of being washed.

Usage examples:

Her hair needs a wash

abbreviation

Washington.

verb

Clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand.

Usage examples:

Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief

noun

Erase data from (a computer system or electronic or magnetic storage device).

Usage examples:

I discovered all of my hard drives had been wiped

verb

To slide something over the surface of something else, in order to remove dirt, food, or liquid

Usage examples:

Please wipe your feet before you come into the house., she gently wiped and cleaned her scraped kne…