sweep
/swiːp/
Misollar
- I sweep my room every day.
- You need to sweep these floors.
- Remember to sweep the floor regularly.
- You have to sweep the floor.
- Just sweep it under the rug.
- I have to sweep my room.
ot noun
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A single action of sweeping.
Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.
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A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
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A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
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Violent and general destruction.
the sweep of an epidemic disease
fe’l verb
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To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
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To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.
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To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.
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To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.