Mop and Rake

Mop

Mop verb - To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop.

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Rake and mop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rake" instead a verb "Mop".

Nearby Words: moping, mopped, mopping

Rake verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Mop and rake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mop" instead a verb "Rake".

Nearby Words: raked, raker, raking

fence	mop fence	rake fence
broom	mop broom	rake broom

One episode of Jimmy Neutron uses this in a fight between Jimmy's mother and a robot duplicate of her: after pulling out the broom, mop, and rake, and having each one snapped in half by the robot, she reveals that she keeps a plasma rifle in her broom closet "for those tough, ground-in stains".

Source: Broomstick Quarterstaff

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