sweeper
3
9.9
- noun
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pemférido
- I was a barnacle sweeper for a small period of time.
Examples
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These sweeper fish like to shelter in caves.
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One of his sweepers had caught the transmission and locked on.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sweepers had done a good job clearing the ground when the Allies rode in.
Fiction book (2000) -
Coming into Sweeper.
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I was aboard a mine sweeper that cleared the way for all the invasions that were ever made in the Pacific, and in other parts of the world where the war existed.
Blog text (11) -
The park must employ more than a hundred people, he thought, either directly or on contract, from the ticket sellers to the sweepers to the ride operators; it covered at least twelve acres, not counting the trailer space for the employees like Bob who lived more or less on the premises, and the parking lot for visitors.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the distance, dull gray cargo and tank landing ships, mine sweepers, frigates, and hydrofoils intimidated the cold horizon.
Fiction book (1996) -
"There is the underworld of baseball memorabilia, men in finished basements who trade scraps of paper, scorecards, and ticket stubs preserved by stadium sweepers, items others
Academic text (1997) -
A school of golden sweepers swims gracefully around the coral reef.
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Under the moonlight, the small sweepers dart through the warm shallow waters.
Synonyms
A family of small tropical fish with large eyes that come out at night near coral reefs
Compounds
- Archaic
1
3.5
A device with moving brushes that you push over carpets to collect dirt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweeper for the fish comes from the verb sweep meaning 'to move in a wide path', and a helpful way to remember this is to picture small fish sweeping around rocks or coral at night. That image links the name to the fish's way of moving.