SWARF

Definition: SWARF

SWARF

Intransitive verb

1. To grow languid; to faint.

Noun

1. The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domain	Definition
Electrical Engineering	The material removed from the disc by the recording stylus while cutting the groove. Source: European Union. (references)
Metallurgy	A small piece of any material separated from a workpiece by the edge of a cutting tool. The term "swarf" denotes metal chips only. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. In diamond grinding operations, a relatively dry dust derived either from grinding operations where no coolant or lubricant is applied to the grinding operation or where the coolant (kerosene, an aqueous solution, or an emulsion of oil and water) is sprayed on the wheel as a fine mist b. Fine metallic particles removed by a cutting or grinding tool; chippings and shavings from soft iron castings used as a reducing agent in various chemical syntheses c. Scot. A tool for widening boreholes d. An intimate mixture of grinding chips and fine particles of abrasiveand bond resulting from a grinding operation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Swarf is the debris or waste resulting from metalworking operations. It consists of shavings and chippings of metal. It can usually be recycled.

Crosswords: SWARF

English words defined with "SWARF": Wheelswarf. (references)

"SWARF" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "SWARF" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	58.33%	7	133,076
Noun (proper)	41.67%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

Expression using "SWARF": volume of swarf. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "SWARF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		стърготина, стружка (chip, shave, shred). (various references)

Danish		spån (chip, cuttings, millings, planings, sliver, splinter, turnings), skærespån (chip). (various references)

Dutch		spaander (chip, chips, cuttings, millings, particles, planings, turnings), spaan (chip, particle, shingle, splint, wood chip, woodchip), oliehoudende vonkafval. (various references)

Finnish		lastu (chip, shaving). (various references)

French		copeau. (various references)

German		Span (boring, chip, filing, flake, piece of kindling, shaving, spill), Schneidspan (chip), ölige FE-Partikel. (various references)

Greek		γρέζι (burr, chip, fin, flash, flush, overflush, overpress), απόβλητο κοπής (chip, cuttings, millings, planings, turnings). (various references)

Italian		truciolo (chip, shaving). (various references)

Pig Latin		arfsway

Portuguese		limalha de ferro, limalha (filings, rasping, scobs), apara (clipping, shaving). (various references)

Russian		стружка (chip, excelsior, filings, shavings), мелкая металлическая стружка. (various references)

Spanish		viruta (shave, shaving). (various references)

Swedish		spån (chip, cutting). (various references)

Thai		เศษไม้หรือโลหะ. (various references)

Turkish		talaş (Excelsior, rasping, sawdust, shavings, shiver, wood shavings). (various references)

Vietnamese		vỏ b� o (chip), phoi b� o. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "SWARF": swarfs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-r-s-w"
	-1 letter: arfs, raws, wars.
	-2 letters: arf, ars, far, fas, ras, raw, saw, war, was.
	-3 letters: ar, as, aw, fa.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-r-s-w"
	+1 letter: dwarfs, swarfs, wafers, wharfs.
	+2 letters: farrows, fawners, foresaw, fretsaw, wafters.
	+3 letters: airflows, bedwarfs, crawfish, dwarfest, dwarfish, dwarfism, fairways, fanworts, forepaws, forswear, forwards, freeways, fretsaws, selfward, software, wafflers, waftures, warfares, welfares, wolframs.
	+4 letters: dwarfisms, dwarfness, falsework, farewells, farmwives, farmworks, firewalls, firmwares, flatwares, flatworks, flatworms, fleaworts, foofaraws, foreswear, forewarns, forswears, freewares, giftwares, giftwraps, leafworms, leftwards, safflower, semidwarf, softwares, warcrafts, warfarins, waveforms, wayfarers, welfarism, welfarist, wharfages, workfares.
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SWARF

Definition: SWARF

SWARF

Intransitive verb

Noun

Specialty Definition: SWARF

Electrical Engineering

Metallurgy

Mining

Specialty Definition: Swarf

Crosswords: SWARF

Usage Frequency: SWARF

Expression: SWARF

Frequency of Internet Keywords: SWARF

swarf

Modern Translation: SWARF

Bulgarian

Danish

Dutch

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German

Greek

Italian

Pig Latin

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Derivations: SWARF

Derivations

Anagrams: SWARF

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INDEX

Expression	Frequency per Day
swarf	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.