swab down
swab down · swabs down · swabbed down · swabbing down
To clean with a sponge or similarly absorbent materialTo clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.
Meaning
1 sensesTo clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.
Forms
swabs down, swabbing down, swabbed down, swabbed down| Base form | swab down · to swab down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | swabs down |
| Present participle | swabbing down |
| Past simple | swabbed down |
| Past participle | swabbed down |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.