1 a piece of soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for cleaning wounds or taking a SAMPLE from sb's body for testing
2 an act of taking a SAMPLE from sb's body, with a swab:
to take a throat swab
verb [VN]
1 to clean or remove liquid from a wound, etc., using a swab
2 ~ sth (down) to clean or wash a floor, surface, etc. using water and a cloth, etc.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is swab a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, swab is tagged as noun.
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