swabbed
Cleaned with cloth
Swabbed is the past tense of swab, meaning to clean or apply something with an absorbent material.
Medical professionals swab wounds or collect samples: The nurse swabbed my arm before the injection.
Sailors swab decks.
The word implies a wiping or dabbing motion with cotton, gauze, or a mop.
Individual for examination
- sampleSubset for study
- cultureCollective social practices
- nasopharyngealRelating to nose-throat junction
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
sterile · collection · diagnosis · PCR · antigen · laboratory · microbiology · pathogen
Ship's flat surface
- mopFloor-washing implement
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- bilgeShip's water-collecting depths
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
shipmate · sailor · seaman · mariner · vessel · bucket · planks
Cleaned by rubbing
- scrubbedCleaned thoroughly or canceled
- moppedCleaned with wet cloth
- spongedObtained by imposing
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
dusted · washed · sanitized · disinfected · sterilized · decontaminated · cleansed · rubbed
specimen
Individual for examination
- sampleSubset for study
- cultureCollective social practices
- nasopharyngealRelating to nose-throat junction
cotton · sterile · collection · diagnosis · PCR · antigen · laboratory · microbiology · pathogen · virus
deck
Ship's flat surface
galley · shipmate · sailor · seaman · mariner · vessel · bucket · planks
wiped
Cleaned by rubbing
polished · dusted · washed · sanitized · disinfected · sterilized · decontaminated · cleansed · rubbed · dabbed