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Another word for mop

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Noun
      1. A brush, wad of cloth, etc. on a long handle, for cleaning the barrel of a gun
      2. A sample collected with a swab.
      3. A small piece of cotton, cloth, or sponge, often fixed to a small stick, used to clean a wound, the ears, etc. or to apply medicine to wounds
      1. A smock worn to protect one's clothing from dust.
      2. A device for sprinkling on a powder, as for applying an insecticide
      3. A brush or cloth for removing dust from furniture, etc.
      1. (Soccer) A defensive back who plays in front of the goalkeeper
      2. A carpet sweeper.
      3. A device for sweeping
    See also:

    broom

Verb
      1. To collect a sample from (a person, for example) using a swab.
      2. To use a swab on; clean, medicate, etc. with a swab
      3. To clean with a swab.
      1. To clean or dry by rubbing:
      2. To clean or dry in this manner
      3. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.
      1. To move (an object or objects) firmly along a surface, especially repeatedly:
      2. To put into a specified condition by applying pressure and friction
      3. To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
      1. To clean or wash by rubbing or brushing hard
      2. To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
      3. To remove (dirt, etc.) by brushing or rubbing
      1. To remove or brush away with light strokes:
      2. To apply with short poking strokes:
      3. To put on (paint, etc.) with light, quick strokes
      1. To mold by tapping gently with the hands or a flat implement.
      2. To flatten, shape, apply, etc. by patting
      3. To tap, touch, or stroke quickly or gently, esp. with the hand, as in affection, sympathy, or encouragement
      1. To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
      2. To smooth and brighten, as by rubbing
      3. To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
      1. To cover with a thin or watery coating of paint, esp. of water color
      2. To undergo washing without fading or other damage:
      3. To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing:
      1. To remove dust, esp. from furniture, floors, etc.
      2. To bathe in dust
      3. To clean by removing dust.
    See also:

    clean

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Sentence Examples

  • I'll gag him and mop up the blood, too.

  • Maria was already on the stairs, dust rag and mop in hand.

  • They occupy the extreme east limits of Papuan territory and are usually classified as Melanesians; but they are physically superior to the pure examples of that race, combining their dark colour, harsh hirsute skin, crisp hair, which is bleached with lime and worn in an elaborately trained mop, and muscular limbs, with the handsome features and well proportioned bodies of the Polynesians.

  • Middle-aged men wear the hair about an inch and a half long; young men and boys in a huge mop; while married women wear it in a chignon, and girls in mop-form but plaited.

  • His hair is black and frizzly, worn generally in a mop, often of large dimensions, but sometimes worked into plaits with grease or mud.

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