Swab

Noun

 * 1)  a small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
 * 2) A sample taken with a swab (1).
 * 3) A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
 * 4) A mop, especially on a ship.
 * 5)  A sailor; see swabby.

Verb

 * 1)  To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab
 * 2) * swab the decks: mop the deck of a ship

Verbs for Swab
begrime—; besmirch—; brush with—; contaminate—; dab with—; discard—; disinfect with—; dispose of—; foul—; introduce —; precipitate on—; rinse—; saturate—; scour with—; smudge—; taint—; —absorbs; —purges; —soaks up; —sponges,

Thesaurus
air-dry, anhydrate, bake, baptize, bath, bathe, blot, brush, burn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, douche, drain, dry, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, insolate, irrigate, kiln, lather, launder, lave, mop, mop up, mummify, parch, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, rub, scorch, scour, scrub, scrub up, sear, shampoo, shower, shrivel, sluice, sluice out, smoke, soak up, soap, sponge, sun, sun-dry, syringe, toivel, torrefy, towel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen

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 * Luxembourgish: betuppen


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