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Meanings of swab in English

Portuguese
esfregão
Catalan
pal de fregar
Wikidata

Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors.

        esfregão
        Catalan
        fregar
        Spanish
        limpiar

        Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface.

              fregar

              An absorbent material fixed to a stick for sampling a biological material (such as saliva, blood, etc.).

                    Usage of swab in English
                    1
                    For more information or to receive a free swab kit, visit DeleteBloodCancer.org.
                    Ebony
                    2
                    The person taking the swab has no direct contact with the patient.
                    News.com.au
                    3
                    Dentists usually apply it with a simple cotton swab or cotton roll.
                    Jamaica Observer
                    4
                    After the discharge the gun was wiped out with a wet swab.
                    Out of Doors—California and Oregon
                    5
                    Until now GPs have had to swab every patient with a sniffle.
                    Radio NZ
                    6
                    Always be careful to keep the swab behind you, out of sight.
                    Frank on a Gun-Boat
                    7
                    Phone apps that squawk to remind you to swab down your desk.
                    The Irish Times
                    8
                    He now could do no work whatever, not even swab the deck.
                    Eric; Or, Little by Little
                    9
                    Use a swab made by twisting some absorbent cotton upon a toothpick.
                    Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
                    10
                    Darby did an oral swab on the insides of the woman's cheeks.
                    The missing
                    11
                    Arter him we tacked, detarmined ter punish ther swab fer his imperdence.
                    Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the Jame...
                    12
                    Instead he wiped the hollow of Chandler's elbow with an alcohol swab.
                    Shift
                    13
                    Blessed if I believe the swab was a certificated doctor at all.
                    Beyond the City
                    14
                    Health-and-safety technicians entered in full-body moonsuits to swab the quarters for viruses.
                    Riding rockets
                    15
                    The test involves a nasal swab with a blood test for antibodies.
                    The Irish Times
                    16
                    The virus is detected via a nasopharyngeal swab, and by blood tests.
                    News.com.au
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                    Translations for swab
                    Portuguese
                    esfregão
                    Swab through the time
                    Swab across language varieties
                    New Zealand
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common
                    United Kingdom
                    Rare