swab
swab
swɑb
svaab
/swˈɒb/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "swab"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ, āĻ•ā§āώāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāϰāĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ

a small, soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for applying medication, cleansing a wound, or taking samples from someone’s body
swab definition and meaning
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āĻĒā§‹āĻ›āĻž, āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ

a mop or cleaning tool with a long handle and absorbent material on the end, used for cleaning floors
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The janitor used a swab to ensure the hallway was spotless.
āĻœā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĄā§‹āϰāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ, āύāĻŽā§āύāĻž āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

an act of cleansing a wound or taking samples from someone's body using a swab
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

wash with a swab or a mop
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāϰāϞ) āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āϤāϰāϞ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
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āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻĒāϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clean, apply medication to, or remove liquid from a wound using a swab
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He asked the nurse to swab the injured area before bandaging it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāϕ⧇ āϜāĻ–āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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