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(mops, mopping, mopped) 1. A mop is a piece of equipment for washing floors. It consists of a sponge or many pieces of string attached to a long handle. N-COUNT 2. If you mop a surface such as a floor, you clean it with a mop. There was a woman mopping the stairs. VERB: V n 3. If you mop sweat from your forehead or mop your forehead, you wipe it with a piece of cloth. He mopped perspiration from his forehead... The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow. = wipe VERB: V n from n, V n 4. If someone has a mop of hair, they have a lot of hair and it looks rather untidy. He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls. N-COUNT: usu N of n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mappe Date: 15th century 1. an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning floors 2. something that resembles a ~; especially a thick mass of hair II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1709 transitive verb 1. to use a ~ on; specifically to clean or clear away by ~ping ~ the floors — often used with up ~ up the spillage 2. to wipe as if with a ~ ~ped his brow with a handkerchief intransitive verb to clean a surface (as a floor) with a ~ • ~per noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a wad or bundle of cotton or synthetic material fastened to the end of a stick, for cleaning floors etc. 2 a similarly-shaped large or small implement for various purposes. 3 anything resembling a mop, esp. a thick mass of hair. 4 an act of mopping or being mopped (gave it a mop). --v.tr. (mopped, mopping) 1 wipe or clean with or as with a mop. 2 a wipe tears or sweat etc. from (one's face or brow etc.). b wipe away (tears etc.). Phrases and idioms mop up 1 wipe up with or as with a mop. 2 colloq. absorb (profits etc.). 3 dispatch; make an end of. 4 Mil. a complete the occupation of (a district etc.) by capturing or killing enemy troops left there. b capture or kill (stragglers). Derivatives moppy adj. Etymology: ME mappe, perh. ult. rel. to L mappa napkin 2. n. Brit. hist. an autumn fair or gathering at which farm-hands and servants were formerly hired. Etymology: perh. = mop-fair, at which a mop was carried by a maidservant seeking employment ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. швабра 2. тампон 3. копна (волос); космы Id: mops and brooms —- разг. подвыпивший Id: to feel all mops and brooms —- расчувствоваться с пьяных глаз 4. мыть, протирать (шваброй; также mop down, mop up, mop out) to mop the floors clean —- начисто отмыть (протереть, отдраить) полы 5. вытирать, осушать (пот, слезы) to mop one's brow (with one's handkerchief) —- вытирать лоб (платком) to mop the blood from the wound —- осушать рану, промокать (марлей, тампоном и т. п.) кровь, сочащуюся из раны to mop the floor with smb. —- обыграть, обставить кого-л. (часто с легкостью); полностью подчинить себе кого-л., иметь кого-л. в полном подчинении 6. гримаса, ужимки mops and mows —- гримасы и ужимки 7. гримасничать (также to mop and mow) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) швабра 2) космы, копна (волос) 2. v. 1) мыть пол шваброй, подтирать (тж. mop out/down); It takes two women half the morning to mop down the hospital floors. 2) вытирать (слезы, пот); to mop dry - вытирать насухо; to mop ones brow - вытирать пот со лба - mop up to mop the earth/ground/floor with smb. - иметь кого-л. в полном подчинении, унижать кого-л. II 1. noun mops and mows - гримасы, ужимки 2. v. to mop and mow - гримасничать MOP up а) вытирать; осушать; Youd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before mother sees it. б) coll. поглощать (пищу); в) coll. приканчивать, убивать; разделаться; г) mil. очищать (захваченную территорию от противника); After we have mopped up the last few groups of the enemy, we can advance to our next position. д) заканчивать (работу); I shall be glad to mop up the last of the office work. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a thing for washing floors with, consisting of a long stick with threads of thick string or a piece of sponge1 (1) fastened to one end 2 a thing for cleaning dishes with, consisting of a short stick with a piece of sponge1 (1) fastened to one end 3 usually singular) informal a large amount of thick, often untidy hair + of (a baby with a mop of golden curls) ~2 ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1496, mappe "bundle of yarn, etc., for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship's decks," from Walloon (Fr.) mappe "napkin," from L. mappa "napkin" (see map). The verb is first recorded 1709. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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