İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. ufak bir çubuğun ucuna takılı hidrofil pamuk veya bez parçası.
2. (pamuklu çubukla) temizlemek.
3. ufak bir çubuğun ucuna takılı hidrofil pamuk/bez parçası.
4. ask. harbinin ucuna takılan çaput.
5. den. sopanın ucuna takılı tahta bezi, paspas. f. (--bed, --bing).
6. (çaputlu harbi ile) temizlemek.
7. den. paspaslamak. temizleme bezi; (down ile) temizlemek, silmek, paspaslamak. v.temizle:n.bez. v.temizle:n.bez. i.
8. den. sopanın ucuna takılı tahta bezi,. İlaç veya yağ sürmeğe veya yara temizlemeğe mahsus sünger v.s. parçası, porte-coton. bez, paçavra, tahta bezi, paspas bezi, bulaşık bezi, temizlik bezi, ilaçlı pamuk, palas turpa, tayfa, alçak, alçak herif.
9. tüfek namlusunu temizlemeye mahsus harbinin ucundaki paçavra parçası; i, tahta bezi; herif; ilâç veya yağ sürmeye veya yara temizlemeye mahsus sünger parçası; swab the decksgüverteyi ucu, tahta bezi ile silmek.
10. temizleme bezi. (down ile) temizlemek. silmek. paspaslamak.
11. tahta bezi. ilaç sürmeye veya yara temizlemeye özgü sünger parçası. herif. temizlemek. paspaslamak. eczalı pamukla bir yarayı temizlemek. piston. tomar.
12. temizle bez.

Etymology : probably from obsolete Dutch swabbe; akin to Low German swabber mop
Pronunciation : 'swäb
Function : noun
Date : 1653

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1. clean or wipe with a large mop; apply material using a cotton swab. large mop; (Medicine) small piece of absorbent material attached to a stick (used to administer medication, take cultures for microscopic examination, etc.). swab\swab\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. swabbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. swabbing.] [see: swabber, n.] to clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [spelt also swob.]swab \swab\, n. [written also swob.].
2. a kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
3. a bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
4. (naut.) an epaulet. [sailor's slang].
5. a cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [obs.].
6. a sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.swab n.
7. implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
8. cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swob, mop] v 1: wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks" [syn: swob] 2: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface [syn: dab, swob].
9. To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
10. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
11. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
12. An epaulet.
13. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
14. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm. cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks".
15. 1. A swab is a small piece of cotton wool used by a doctor or nurse for cleaning a wound or putting a substance on it.
16. If you swab something, you clean it using a wet cloth or a tool called a mop. I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.