Swab - English meaning

Swab – definitions in English dictionary

noun
An absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.
Usage examples:
During the exam, your doctor may apply a cotton-tipped swab to the area to see if it is painful.

verb
An absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens.
verb
A mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface.
verb
A contemptible person.
Usage examples:
‘avast, ye swabs,’ she shouted
verb
Clean (a wound or surface) with a swab.
Usage examples:
The crew were swabbing down the decks

noun
A small piece of soft material at the end of a thin stick, used esp. for cleaning something or for putting on medicine
Usage examples:
A cotton swab

Swab translation into English

Swab: translate from English into Chinese

拭子, 拖把, 擦

Swab: translate from English into Dutch

Wattenstaafje, Zwabber, Zwabberen, Propje, Opnemen

Swab: translate from English into French

Écouvillon, Tampon, Tamponner, Prélèvement, Nettoyer, Serpillière, Essuyer, Faubert, Rustre, Spart

Swab: translate from English into German

Tupfer, Abstrich, Schrubben, Abtupfen, Wischen, Scheuerlappen, Betupfen, Mopp, Mop

Swab: translate from English into Hindi

पट्टी, झाड़ू, झाड़ू से साफ़ करना, ब्रश, झाड़ू लगाना, कंची, अफ़सर, झाड़-पोंछ करना, कूंची, फाह

Swab: translate from English into Italian

Tampone, Redazzare

Swab: translate from English into Korean

자루 걸레, 소독면, 미련퉁이, 소독거즈, ...에 걸레질하다, 약솜으로 닦아내다

Swab: translate from English into Russian

Тампон, Мазок, Швабра, Банник, Помазок, Щетка банника, Офицерский погон, Увалень, Мыть шваброй, Подтирать шваброй

Swab: translate from English into Spanish

Torunda, Algodón, Escobillón, Estropajo, Trapo, Limpiar, Fregar

Word origin

mid 17th century (in the sense ‘mop for cleaning the decks’): back-formation from swabber ‘sailor detailed to swab decks’, from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning ‘splas

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Swab – similar words

swabbed

verb
Clean (a wound or surface) with a swab.
Usage examples:
The crew were swabbing down the decks

noun
An absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.
Usage examples:
During the exam, your doctor may apply a cotton-tipped swab to the area to see if it is painful.

noun
A mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface.

Swabbed - all meanings in English

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