To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
To top up (a drink).
To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
To make cool.
To be refreshed.
To touch up the paint on (something).
To become not salty, to lose its salinity.
To become cool.
To refresh; to revive; to renew.
To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
To top up (primer) in a firearm.
To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
To become stronger.
To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
A sailor; a swabby.
A naval officer's epaulet.
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.
A mop, especially on a ship.
A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).