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 Definitions of sweeping  [ˈswi pɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'sweeping' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) sweeping
of wide range or scope.

2.  sweeping
moving or passing over a wide area:
a sweeping glance.

3.  sweeping
moving or driving steadily and forcibly on.

4.  sweeping
(of the outcome of a contest) decisive; overwhelming:
a sweeping victory.

5. (n.) sweeping
the act of a person or thing that sweeps.

6.  sweeping
sweepings, matter swept out or up, as dust or refuse.

Etymology:  (1470–80)

Definition of 'sweeping' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) sweeping
the act of cleaning with a broom

2. (adj) sweeping
taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
"a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"

3. (adj) sweeping, wholesale
ignoring distinctions
"sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"


Definition of 'sweeping' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) sweeping
cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation

2.  sweeping
of Sweep


Translation of 'sweeping' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: that sweeps
a sweeping gesture.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waaiend Arabic flag Arabic: شَبيه بالتَّكْنيس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стремителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: largo Czech flag Czech: rozmáchlý German flag German: schwungvoll
Danish flag Danish: fejende Greek flag Greek: σαρωτικός Spanish flag Spanish: amplio; arrollador
Estonian flag Estonian: pühkimis-, viipav Farsi flag Farsi: خاكروبه Finnish flag Finnish: pyyhkäisevä
French flag French: large Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֶנֶף Hindi flag Hindi: बुहारने वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: koji mete,širok Hungarian flag Hungarian: seprő Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyapu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sem sópar Italian flag Italian: ampio Japanese flag Japanese: さっと見渡す
Korean flag Korean: 휩쓰는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: platus Latvian flag Latvian: plašs
Malay flag Malay: menyapu Dutch flag Dutch: vegend Norwegian flag Norwegian: feiende, brusende
Polish flag Polish: zamaszysty Persian flag Persian: خاكروبه Pashto flag Pashto: خاک دان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: largo Romanian flag Romanian: larg Russian flag Russian: размашистый
Slovak flag Slovak: široký Slovenian flag Slovenian: širok Serbian flag Serbian: čistilački
Swedish flag Swedish: svepande Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งกวาด หรือปัด Turkish flag Turkish: süpürür gibi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 揮動的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: навальний, швидкий Urdu flag Urdu: وسیع یا کامل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bao quát, chung chung Chinese flag Chinese: 挥动的

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