Mop
41mop — 1. noun /mɒp,mɑp/ a) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door. b) A dense head of hair …
42mop — {{11}}mop (n.) late 15c., mappe bundle of yarn, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship s decks, from Walloon (Fr.) mappe napkin, from L. mappa napkin (see MAP (Cf. map) (n.)). Modern spelling by 1660s. Of… …
43mop — [mɒp] noun [C] I 1) an object that has a long handle and is used for washing floors 2) a lot of thick untidy hair II verb mop [mɒp] 1) [I/T] to wash a floor using a mop 2) [T] to wipe SWEAT from your face with a cloth when you are very hot or ill …
44mop — an artificial, aquarium spawning medium for those fishes that deposit or scatter adhesive eggs in or over vegetation; consists of a mass of synthetic yarn tied into various configurations. See also floating (or top) mop, bottom mop and trailing… …
45mop up — verb a) To clean up with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess. Please mop up the spilled milk. b) To fix problems; to correct or repair. After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up …
46mop — [15] Mop first appeared in the guise mappe, a late 15th century sailors’ term for an improvised brush used for caulking ships’ seams with tar. The modern form mop, presumably the same word, did not emerge until the mid 17thcentury. It may be a… …
47mop up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you mop up a liquid, you clean it with a cloth so that the liquid is absorbed. [V P n (not pron)] A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could... [V n P] When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up... [V …
48mop — mop1 noun 1》 an implement consisting of a bundle of thick loose strings or a sponge attached to a handle, used for wiping floors. ↘an act of wiping with a mop. 2》 a thick mass of disordered hair. verb (mops, mopping, mopped) 1》 wipe or soak… …
49mop — n 1. swab, swabber, sponge mop; duster, dust mop, dry mop. 2.Slang. crop, mass, mat, thatch; head of hair, shock, shag, mane, crine. v 3. swab, scrub, wash, sponge, wipe, clean; dust, whisk, sweep …
50mop — [15] Mop first appeared in the guise mappe, a late 15th century sailors’ term for an improvised brush used for caulking ships’ seams with tar. The modern form mop, presumably the same word, did not emerge until the mid 17thcentury. It may be a… …
