swab

1. A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.

   Tupfer

2. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).

   Abstrich

   мазокmazok

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

3. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.

   Läppchen, Tupfer

4. A mop, especially on a ship.

   Wischmopp

5. (slang)A sailor; a swabby.

   Seemann, Matrose

6. (slang)A naval officer's epaulet.

1. The crew swabbed the deck clean.

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2. The sailors are swabbing the deck.

   ruМатросы драят палубу.

   deDie Matrosen schrubben das Deck.

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3. I clean my ears using cotton swabs.

   ruЯ чищу уши ватными палочками.

   deIch reinige meine Ohren mit Wattestäbchen.

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4. It seems to be a swab for the cannon.

   deEs scheint ein Schrubber für die Kanone zu sein.

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5. Tom regularly cleaned his ears out with cotton swabs.

   ruТом регулярно прочищал уши ватными палочками.

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