swab

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. 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
• Hypernyms:
implement
2. cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle;
for cleaning floors
• Syn:
swob, mop
• Derivationally related forms:
mop (for: mop), swob (for: swob)
• Hypernyms:
cleaning implement, cleaning device, cleaning equipment
• Hyponyms:
dustmop, dust mop, dry mop, sponge mop
• Part Meronyms:
mop handle

II - verb

1. wash with a swab or a mop (Freq. 1)
- swab the ship's decks
• Syn:
swob
• Derivationally related forms:
swob (for: swob), swabbing
• Hypernyms:
wipe up, mop up, mop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- dab the wall with paint
• Syn:
dab, swob
• Derivationally related forms:
dab (for: dab)
• Hypernyms:
put on, apply
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They swab the bread with melted butter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  swob, mop, dab