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# mopping

verb form (-ing of mop: mop, mops, mopped, mopping); noun (mopping, uncountable)

«mopping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mopping is cleaning a floor with a mop and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#m1)
2. Mopping can mean wiping something such as sweat or tears with a cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#m2)
3. "Mopping up" means cleaning up spilled liquid or finishing the last parts of a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, a wet floor after mopping is slippery, so people put up a "Wet floor" sign. Phrases: "mop up", "mopping the floor", "mopping his brow" (wiping sweat from the forehead).

### Examples

- Mum is mopping the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x1)
- Careful, I've just finished mopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x2)
- The caretaker was mopping up the spilled paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x3)
- He kept mopping his brow in the heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x4)
- We spent the afternoon mopping up after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x5)
- Mopping is easier with warm water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x6)
- "No," answered Uncle Remus, mopping his benign features with a very large and very red bandana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/#x7)

### Note

Double p: mop, mopped, mopping. A "Wet floor" sign warns that the floor has just been mopped and is slippery.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mopping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mopping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mopping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mopping.html) on Mova free.