slop
slop is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
- 2.pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. -- Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.
- 3.To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
- 4.To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
- 5.To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
- 6.Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
- 7.A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. "A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak.
- 8.pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- add
- affuse
- affusion
- aqua
- aquatic
- aqueous
- are
- balneal
- balneation
- bath
- bathe
- dabble
- deluge
- diluent
- dilute
- diluted
- dilution
- dip
- douche
- douse
- drench
- drown
- duck
- flood
- gargle
- high
- humectation
- hydrous
- immerge
- immerse
- immersion
- infiltration
- inject
- inundate
- irrigate
- irrigation
- lave
- lotion
- lymph
- lymphatic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is slop.
- What is mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural called?
- What is to cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill called?
- What is to spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled called?
- What is to overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over called?
- What is any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell called?
- What is a loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. "A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak called?
- What is pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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