swab down

verb

To clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.

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Meanings

verbswab down (third-person singular simple present swabs down, present participle swabbing down, simple past and past participle swabbed down)

present singular third person swabs down · participle present swabbing down · participle past swabbed down · past swabbed down

  1. transitiveTo clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swab down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swab%20down.

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