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swabbing down

swabbing down is the present participle and gerund of swab down.

Meaning of swab down

Verb

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

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

Questions about swabbing down

What is swabbing down the present participle and gerund of?
Swabbing down is the present participle and gerund of swab down.

Words near swabbing down in the dictionary

  1. swabber
  2. swabbers
  3. swabbie
  4. swabbies
  5. swabbing
  6. swabbing down
  7. swabbings
  8. swabby
  9. Swabe
  10. Swabes
  11. Swabey

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