- ˌmop sth ˈup
- phrasal verb
same as mop
Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.
ˌmop sth ˈup
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mop — mop1 [mɔp US ma:p] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from Latin mappa cloth (for cleaning) ] 1.) a thing used for washing floors, consisting of a long stick with threads of thick string or a piece of ↑sponge fastened to one end ▪ a mop and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mop — [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 … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
mopping, mopped — verb (T) 1 (I, T) to wash a floor with a wet mop 2 (T) to dry your face by rubbing it with a cloth or something soft: It was so hot he had to keep stopping to mop his face. | mop your brow (=remove sweat 2 (1) from your forehead) 3 (I, T) to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clean — clean1 W2 [kli:n] adj comparative cleaner superlative cleanest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not dirty)¦ 2¦(people/animals)¦ 3¦(environment)¦ 4¦(fair or legal)¦ 5¦(not offensive)¦ 6 come clean 7 make a clean breast of it … Dictionary of contemporary English
bucket — noun ⇨ See also ↑pail ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ galvanized, metal, plastic ▪ leaky ▪ champagne … Collocations dictionary
curl — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of hair ADJECTIVE ▪ natural ▪ loose, soft, wavy ▪ tight ▪ little ▪ … Collocations dictionary
pail — noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑bucket ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ five gallon, ten gallon ▪ metal, plastic ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sweat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ clammy ▪ My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back. ▪ cold … Collocations dictionary
take up — verb 1. pursue or resume (Freq. 9) take up a matter for consideration • Hypernyms: ↑embark, ↑enter • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. adopt (Freq. 5) … Useful english dictionary
List of Singapore abbreviations — This list of Singapore abbreviations sets out abbreviations that are commonly used in Singapore.CompactTOC8 center=yes align=center num=yes custom1=Overview custom2=Abbreviations in the military custom3=Abbreviations in transport seealso=yes… … Wikipedia
