(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. / (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.

(transitive) To grind down.

(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.

(obsolete) A faint or swoon.

simple past tense and past participle of swarf

plural of swarf

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarf

present participle of swarf

(archaic) money due to a castle guard at the end of his service

(UK) A heavy-duty gelatinous, thixotropic substance used to clean grease and oil, etc. from the skin.