to sweep
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2.1
- verb
- /swiːp/
:
hacer un amplio gesto
- As the roller coaster approached the top, it began to sweep down the steep track.
A wind came across the ocean, sweeping with it a pall of fine white ash.
- A wind came across the ocean, sweeping with it a pall of fine white ash.
- Like, come on, then give me a low sweep, if you know what I mean.
- That that off and I will sweep that on my lid here.
- Darion's stomach bottomed out as Bryce Quinlan swept through the doorway.
- Sweep the leg, Johnny, sweep the leg.
- Nice strokes going in the direction here is growing swept up and away.
Examples
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Losing power, the Toya Maru was carried off her course and swept toward the shore southwest of Hakodate.
Fiction book (1990) -
Outside the windscreen, the rain swept in almost solid sheets across the roadway.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I'm going to sweep from the top to the bottom.
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Sweep the area, and stick together.
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Let's stop there and sweep upwards.
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Why don't you sweep the area?
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And now I'm just going to sweep and blend that in with a fluffy brush.
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Megan is doing a lot of dancing with sweeping arm movements around the space while holding the maraca.
Academic text (2015) -
In 1949, when troops of the People's Liberation Army swept southward, they could easily have overrun Hong Kong.
Academic text (1999) -
The kite soared high as the wind began to sweep across the field.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move a brush across something to clean or paint it
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2.9
To move smoothly and without effort through the air or over a surface
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1.0
To move smoothly and easily through the air or over a surface
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3.0
To move a hand to show or ask for something
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3.0
To move a finger, card, or hand across a surface to reveal options
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3.4
To move someone or something quickly and lightly
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4.1
To move with a soft hissing or rustling sound in a smooth sweep
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3.2
To move quickly in a smooth curve from a higher to a lower place
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3.9
To move outward in a wide, sweeping motion
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3.7
To move something gently over a surface
Antonyms
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin hand on a clock or watch attached at the middle that goes around every minute and moves smoothly
How Smoothly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sweep originally described a wide, powerful movement, like a long stroke of a broom or brush. That's why we say a wind or feeling 'sweeps' through a place — it moves quickly and smoothly across it.