Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swab
Participle: swabbed
Gerund: swabbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swab |
| you | swab |
| he;she;it | swabs |
| we | swab |
| you | swab |
| they | swab |
Perfect
| I | have swabbed |
| you | have swabbed |
| he;she;it | has swabbed |
| we | have swabbed |
| you | have swabbed |
| they | have swabbed |
Past
| I | swabbed |
| you | swabbed |
| he;she;it | swabbed |
| we | swabbed |
| you | swabbed |
| they | swabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had swabbed |
| you | had swabbed |
| he;she;it | had swabbed |
| we | had swabbed |
| you | had swabbed |
| they | had swabbed |
Future
| I | will swab |
| you | will swab |
| he;she;it | will swab |
| we | will swab |
| you | will swab |
| they | will swab |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swabbed |
| you | will have swabbed |
| he;she;it | will have swabbed |
| we | will have swabbed |
| you | will have swabbed |
| they | will have swabbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swab |
| you | swab |
| he;she;it | swab |
| we | swab |
| you | swab |
| they | swab |
Perfect
| I | have swabbed |
| you | have swabbed |
| he;she;it | have swabbed |
| we | have swabbed |
| you | have swabbed |
| they | have swabbed |
Imperfect
| I | swabbed |
| you | swabbed |
| he;she;it | swabbed |
| we | swabbed |
| you | swabbed |
| they | swabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had swabbed |
| you | had swabbed |
| he;she;it | had swabbed |
| we | had swabbed |
| you | had swabbed |
| they | had swabbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swab |
| you | would swab |
| he;she;it | would swab |
| we | would swab |
| you | would swab |
| they | would swab |
Perfect
| I | would have swabbed |
| you | would have swabbed |
| he;she;it | would have swabbed |
| we | would have swabbed |
| you | would have swabbed |
| they | would have swabbed |
Imperative
| you | swab |
| we | Let's swab |
| you | swab |
Verbs conjugated like 'swab'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swab'
sab,
scab,
shab,
slab,
stab,
swag,
swan,
swap,
swat,
sway,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber ("scrubber, mop, swab")
Sample Sentences
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swab the deck of a ship
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He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]