English words for 'Alternative form of handi-wipe.'
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verb
noun
noun
- Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
- Someone who wipes.
- (computing) A program or process that erases data.
- Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
- (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
- A movable electric contact in some devices.
- A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.
- a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
- contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
- a worker who wipes
noun
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
verb
verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio.
- (graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- (British, dialect, West Midlands) An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
- (fishing) A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
- (slang) A drunkard.
verb
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- defeat thoroughly
- finish a task completely
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- (informal) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- (baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- (transitive) To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
noun
verb
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- (US, transitive, slang, figurative) To defeat (an opponent) thoroughly; trounce.
- (British, Australian, intransitive) To dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.
- To clean thoroughly, particularly with a dishcloth or rag.
- To completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically by hand using a dishcloth.
noun
- A basin for washing the face and hands.
- a basin for washing the hands
- A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- The act of wiping something.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- (roleplaying games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
verb
- rub with a circular motion
- (transitive, computing) To erase.
- (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
- (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
- (video editing) To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
- (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
verb
- brush or wipe off lightly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- move somewhere quickly
- move quickly and nimbly
- (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
- (transitive) To move whiskers.
- (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
- (intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.
- (transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.
noun
- a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
- A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
- A quick, light sweeping motion.
- A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
- A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
noun
noun
- a basin for washing the hands
- (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
- (architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
- (humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
- A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
noun
- a basin for washing the hands
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
- A laundry sink or utility sink.
noun
- An instance of scrubbing.
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
noun
- A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
- A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
- A device that removes impurities from gases.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A dirty or unhygienic person.
- (Commonwealth) An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
- (graphical user interface, audio, video) A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
- (Australia) Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
- (historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
- a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
- a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
verb
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- To surround as if with water.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
noun
verb
- wash one's face and hands
- be carried somewhere by water or as if by water
- carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
- wear out completely
- wash dishes
- (intransitive) To be carried by water to land.
- (British, ambitransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
- (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
- (transitive, of water) To carry (an object) to land.
- (intransitive, by extension) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
- (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To beat up (someone).
verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
- A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
- (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
- (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
- A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
- A mop, especially on a ship.
verb
noun
- A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
- A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
- the facial expression of sudden pain
- a reflex response to sudden pain
noun
- (figurative) A quick wash by wiping or dabbing the skin, especially of one's face.
- A session of grooming, in which a cat cleans its own fur or that of another cat using its tongue.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, bath.
- (sex) A form of foreplay, chiefly in Southeast Asian sex work, in which one participant licks the other all over their body.
verb
noun
- T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
- (printing) A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.
- (photography) A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
- A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
- (nautical) A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.
- (historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
- A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
- A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee (noun sense 1.2); specifically, one who makes an unsolicited attempt to clean the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then requests payment; a squeegee bandit.
noun
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
noun
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- money offered as a bribe
- (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
verb
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
noun
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
noun
- The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- Erosion by water, especially in watercourses.
- Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
- moving over territory to search for something
verb
verb
noun
noun
- Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
- Someone who wipes.
- (computing) A program or process that erases data.
- Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
- (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
- A movable electric contact in some devices.
- A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.
- a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
- contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
- a worker who wipes
noun
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
verb
noun
- A basin for washing the face and hands.
- a basin for washing the hands
- A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- The act of wiping something.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- (roleplaying games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
verb
- rub with a circular motion
- (transitive, computing) To erase.
- (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
- (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
- (video editing) To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
- (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
noun
noun
- a basin for washing the hands
- (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
- (architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
- (humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
- A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
noun
- a basin for washing the hands
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
- A laundry sink or utility sink.
noun
- An instance of scrubbing.
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
noun
- A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
- A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
- A device that removes impurities from gases.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A dirty or unhygienic person.
- (Commonwealth) An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
- (graphical user interface, audio, video) A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
- (Australia) Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
- (historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
- a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
- a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
noun
- (figurative) A quick wash by wiping or dabbing the skin, especially of one's face.
- A session of grooming, in which a cat cleans its own fur or that of another cat using its tongue.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, bath.
- (sex) A form of foreplay, chiefly in Southeast Asian sex work, in which one participant licks the other all over their body.
noun
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom
noun
- The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- Erosion by water, especially in watercourses.
- Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
- moving over territory to search for something
verb
verb
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verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio.
- (graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- (British, dialect, West Midlands) An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
- (fishing) A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
- (slang) A drunkard.
verb
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- defeat thoroughly
- finish a task completely
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- (informal) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- (baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- (transitive) To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
noun
verb
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- (US, transitive, slang, figurative) To defeat (an opponent) thoroughly; trounce.
- (British, Australian, intransitive) To dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.
- To clean thoroughly, particularly with a dishcloth or rag.
- To completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically by hand using a dishcloth.
noun
verb
verb
- brush or wipe off lightly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- move somewhere quickly
- move quickly and nimbly
- (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
- (transitive) To move whiskers.
- (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
- (intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.
- (transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.
noun
- a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
- A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
- A quick, light sweeping motion.
- A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
- A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
verb
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- To surround as if with water.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
noun
verb
- wash one's face and hands
- be carried somewhere by water or as if by water
- carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
- wear out completely
- wash dishes
- (intransitive) To be carried by water to land.
- (British, ambitransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
- (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
- (transitive, of water) To carry (an object) to land.
- (intransitive, by extension) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
- (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To beat up (someone).
verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
- A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
- (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
- (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
- A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
- A mop, especially on a ship.
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noun
- A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
- A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
- the facial expression of sudden pain
- a reflex response to sudden pain
verb
noun
- T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
- (printing) A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.
- (photography) A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
- A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
- (nautical) A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.
- (historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
- A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
- A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee (noun sense 1.2); specifically, one who makes an unsolicited attempt to clean the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then requests payment; a squeegee bandit.
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
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noun
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- money offered as a bribe
- (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
verb
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
noun
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
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