swab - Definition from the CLEANING topic - DAILY LIFE

Topic: CLEANING

swab
2 verb

swab2 past tense and past participle swabbed, present participle swabbing [transitive]

1 also swab something ↔ downTTWDHC to clean something using a large amount of water:

British English

a girl who was swabbing the tiled floor with a mop

2MH to clean a wound with a small piece of special material

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