sweep (verb)
1sweep — ► VERB (past and past part. swept) 1) clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter. 2) move or push with great force. 3) (sweep away/aside) remove or abolish swiftly and suddenly. 4) search or survey (an area). 5) pass or traverse swiftly and… …
2sweep — I. /swip / (say sweep) verb (swept, sweeping) –verb (t) 1. to move, drive, or bring, by passing a broom, brush, or the like over the surface occupied, or as the broom or other object does: to sweep dust away. 2. to move, bring, take, etc., by or… …
3Sweep (Sport) — Der Sweep (englisch: fegen, wegwischen, abräumen) ist ein Fachbegriff im Sport, der vor allem mit Bezug zu US amerikanischen Sportarten Anwendung findet und einen glatten Sieg in einer Serie von Spielen ohne eigene Niederlage (Zu Null Sieg)… …
4sweep up — verb 1. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one s own (Freq. 1) She embraced Catholicism They adopted the Jewish faith • Syn: ↑espouse, ↑embrace, ↑adopt • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
5sweep away — verb 1. eliminate completely and without a trace (Freq. 2) The old values have been wiped out • Syn: ↑wipe out • Derivationally related forms: ↑wipeout (for: ↑wipe out) …
6sweep under the rug — verb to conceal something in the hopes it won t be discovered by others (Freq. 1) The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug • Hypernyms: ↑hide, ↑conceal • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * sweep ( …
7sweep aside — ˌsweep a ˈside [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sweep aside he/she/it sweeps aside present participle sweeping aside past tense swept aside …
8sweep over — verb overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Hypernyms: ↑arouse, ↑ …
9sweep out — [phrasal verb] sweep (something) out or sweep out (something) : to remove dust, dirt, etc., from (something) by using a broom or brush Please sweep out the room when you re done working. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
10sweep — verb (sweeps, sweeping; past and past participle swept) 1》 clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter. ↘move or remove by brushing. ↘move or push with great force. ↘(sweep someone/thing away/aside) remove or abolish someone or… …
