sweeps in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sweeps in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.sweep [Brit swiːp, Am swip] N

8. sweep → sweepstake

II.sweep <pret, pp swept> [Brit swiːp, Am swip] VB trans

III.sweep <pret, pp swept> [Brit swiːp, Am swip] VB intr

1. sweep (clean) → sweep up

2. sweep (move with sweeping motion) lit, fig:

See also sweep up, sweepstake

I.sweep along VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep [sb/sth] along)

I.sweep away VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep [sb/sth] away, sweep away [sb/sth])

I.sweep up VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep up)

II.sweep up VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep up [sth], sweep [sth] up)

I.sweep aside VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep [sb/sth] aside, sweep aside [sb/sth]) lit, fig

I.sweep out VB [Brit swiːp -, Am swip -] (sweep [sth] out, sweep out [sth])

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
a new broom sweeps clean prov

Translations for sweeps in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

sweeps in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sweeps in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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

2. sweep → chimney sweep

8. sweep inf (form of gambling) → sweepstake

See also chimney sweep, sweepstake

Translations for sweeps in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

sweeps Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sweep sth under the carpet [or a. Am rug] [or a. Aus mat]
a new broom sweeps clean prov
a new broom sweeps clean prov
a new broom sweeps clean
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The sweeps would have been quite safe if they had heeded these warnings.
en.wikipedia.org
Don't forget to seal up cracks and use door sweeps to keep them from coming back inside.
www.today.com
The wind failed and the schooner then took to her sweeps.
en.wikipedia.org
Popular film re-enactments display a grizzled izinduna directing the host from a promontory with elegant sweeps of the hand.
en.wikipedia.org
External viewers see these beams as pulses of radiation whenever the magnetic pole sweeps past the line of sight.
en.wikipedia.org
The council's cleansing section also sweeps and maintains the roads, cycle lanes, and bottle banks.
www.thejournal.ie
Hilts devises a scheme to have the men exit the tunnel between guard sweeps, signaled by him from the woods via tugs on a rope.
en.wikipedia.org
Currently, however, a new system has been instituted, and is known on campus as tardy sweeps.
en.wikipedia.org
The north-eastern entrance consists of a pair of imposing gateposts and the view from this access point sweeps across the entire northern section of the park.
en.wikipedia.org
Although primarily sailing vessels, many pinnaces carried sweeps for moving in calms or around harbors.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Look up "sweeps" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski