Mop: alternatives and connections

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobatio…

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To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

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To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

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Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.

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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.

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See Swab.

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See Swab.

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See Swab.

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A wry face.

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The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

See Swab.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.