sweep
41sweep — 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… …
42sweep — 1. verb 1) she swept the floor Syn: brush, clean, scrub, mop, scour 2) he was swept out to sea Syn: carry, pull, drag, tow 3) riots swept the country …
43sweep — [13] The Old English word for ‘sweep’ was swāpan, which evolved into Middle English swope. Modern English sweep, which began to emerge in the 13th century, probably came from the old past tense swepe, a descendant of Old English swēop. Swāpan… …
44sweep in — v. (D; intr.) to sweep in from (the hurricane swept in from the sea) * * * [ swiːp ɪn] (D; intr.) to sweep in from (the hurricane swept in from the sea) …
45sweep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. brush, clean, vacuum; push, drive, blow, impel; trail; scan; strum; bend, curve; stream, glide, skim. See cleanness, curvature, motion, velocity, space. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Movement] Syn. course,… …
46sweep up — PHRASAL VERB If you sweep up rubbish or dirt, you push it together with a brush and then remove it. [V P n (not pron)] Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?... [V P] He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea. [Also V …
47sweep — v 1.Often sweep away or out whisk, brush, vacuum; clean, clean up, spruce up, tidy up, clear out, remove the dirt from; dust, wipe, swipe, swab, mop, scrub. 2. force, push, drive, blow, drift, carry, move; draw, pull, stroke, paint; clear, open,… …
48sweep — skleidimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Valdomo parametro keitimas laike. atitikmenys: angl. expansion sweep; scan; scanning; sweep rus. развертка; развертывание; сканирование …
49sweep — erdvės išvalymas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Naikintuvų puolimo užduotis tam tikrame operacijų rajone ieškoti ir naikinti priešo orlaivius ir atsitiktinius taikinius. atitikmenys: angl. fighter sweep pranc. sweep …
50sweep — 1. verb /swiːp/ a) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. [H]as the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent? b) To move through an (horizontal) arc or… …
