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swept [swept] VB

swept pt, pp of sweep

See also sweep up , sweep back , sweep away , sweep aside , chimney-sweep

I . sweep up VB trans

1. sweep up (clean):

zmiatać [perf po-]
zbierać [perf po-]

2. sweep up (pick sb up):

sweep back VB trans

sweep back hair:

sweep away VB trans

1. sweep away (remove, destroy):

2. sweep away (feel enthusiastic):

to be swept away by sth

sweep aside VB trans

1. sweep aside enemy forces:

2. sweep aside doubts, sb's words:

chimney-sweep N

swept-back wing N AVIAT

I . sweep <swept, swept> [swi:p] VB trans

2. sweep (with hand):

3. sweep (by current):

4. sweep (spread):

5. sweep (by storm, waves):

6. sweep (take):

7. sweep (look):

II . sweep <swept, swept> [swi:p] VB intr

1. sweep (move quickly):

2. sweep storm, waves:

3. sweep (clean):

5. sweep (form curve):

6. sweep (look):

her eyes swept [over] the room

III . sweep [swi:p] N

1. sweep (sweeping):

2. sweep → chimney-sweep

3. sweep (movement):

4. sweep (curve):

łuk m

5. sweep (range):

zakres m
obszar m

See also chimney-sweep

chimney-sweep N

chimney-sweep N

sweep aside VB trans

1. sweep aside enemy forces:

2. sweep aside doubts, sb's words:

sweep away VB trans

1. sweep away (remove, destroy):

2. sweep away (feel enthusiastic):

to be swept away by sth

sweep back VB trans

sweep back hair:

I . sweep up VB trans

1. sweep up (clean):

zmiatać [perf po-]
zbierać [perf po-]

2. sweep up (pick sb up):

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Having finished he did not sit down again but swept from the company still overwhelmed by the weight of his wrongs.
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A powerful searchlight swept the watery runway to guide the pilot.
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This would cause the stellar atmosphere swept up by the magnetic field to be flung outward.
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Pollen settling on such hard surfaces can easily be swept up again by winds to recirculate and contribute to hay fever.
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Bell configured the 533 with two 26.8ft m swept-back wings.
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Soapbox derby champions normally like to pay tribute to their parents for helping them build the awesome car that swept them to victory.
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Similarly, many unlucky merchants set up in settlements which disappeared, or which succumbed to one of the calamitous fires that swept the towns that sprang up.
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Vertical and horizontal tail surfaces are trapezoidal, with a swept fin.
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As these planets migrated, resonances would be swept through the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt.
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The fuselage was semi-monocoque with squared cross-section, and it had unswept wings and swept tailplanes.
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