noun
definition
The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
definition
A particular waste chip or shaving.
verb
definition
To grind down.
Examples of swarf in a Sentence
Try and get a modem motorcycle to perform like that and you would soon have a crankcase full of swarf.
A quaint Drummond custom was to leave the headstock oiler nuts without covers - allowing swarf and dirt to drop into the bearings.
Using a sharp knife or half round file remove the swarf from inside the ends of the pipes.
After cleaning any swarf away, I refitted the elbow, and then fitted the hose fitting with some PTFE tape on the threads.
Rotate half a turn, then back out, then rotate again Regularly back the tap out of the hole to clear any swarf.
The saw dust and metal swarf on the tools is not for show, but where they have been used for proper work.
Swarf deflectors are now unavailable for either bearing, so it is best not to remove them - even if this seems necessary.