lavare — meaning in English

English meaning

• mop noun A cleaning tool with a long handle and a bundle of absorbent strands, used for washing floors.
• sluice noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
• wash verb To clean something using water, usually with soap.

Senses

lavare is used for these senses in English:

• mop (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
• sluice (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.

mop — full definition

1. noun A cleaning tool with a long handle and a bundle of absorbent strands, used for washing floors.
2. noun A thick, untidy head of hair.
3. verb To clean a surface with a mop, or to wipe something up.

sluice — full definition

1. noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
2. verb To wash something thoroughly with a flow of water.

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