- 1swab something to clean or remove liquid from a wound, etc., using a swab
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- 2swab something (down) to clean or wash a floor, surface, etc. using water and a cloth, etc.
swab
verbNAmE//swɑb//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they swab he / she / it swabs
past simple swabbed
-ing form swabbing
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