mop

«mop» in Mova's school dictionary: a cleaning tool with a long handle and thick strings or a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mop, mops); verb (mop, mops, mopped, mopping)

meaning for a pupil

1) A mop is a cleaning tool with a long handle and thick strings or a sponge at the end, used to wash floors. tree →

2) To mop means to clean or wipe with a mop or cloth. tree →

3) A mop of hair is a thick, messy lot of hair. tree →

4) To mop up means to clean up liquid, or to finish dealing with something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and chores you mop the kitchen floor or mop up spills; a «wet floor» sign warns people after mopping. In stories a character mops their brow (wipes sweat). A child with a «mop of curly hair». Phrases: «mop the floor», «mop up», «mop your brow», «a mop of hair», «mop and bucket».

examples

• Please mop up the spilled juice. tree →
• Dad mopped the kitchen floor. tree →
• Careful — the floor has just been mopped! tree →
• She has a mop of curly red hair. tree →
• The caretaker brought a mop and bucket. tree →
• He mopped his face with a towel. tree →
• We mopped up the water after the bath overflowed. tree →
• Put out a wet floor sign after you mop. tree →
• The man took off his cap and mopped his brow. tree →

note

Double p: mopped, mopping. Countable noun: mops. Safety: freshly mopped floors are slippery — walk carefully or wait until dry.

In the corpora

• Leo let the bath overflow while he played a game, mopped it with towels and hid them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.