What does swept mean?
Definitions for swept
swɛptswept
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Princeton's WordNet
sweptadjective
possessing sweep
"the sleek swept wings of the plane"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sweptthe participle and preterite of sweep.
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swept
Swept in general describes something that's clean or cleared by pushing or brushing it with a broom or brush. It also refers to having been moved or carried along smoothly or swiftly, typically by a current of air, water, or by a particular trend or influence. It can also describe the shape of something, being curved, elongated or having a smooth continuous line especially towards one end or the other.
Webster Dictionary
Swept
of Sweep
Swept
imp. & p. p. of Sweep
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Swept
swept, pa.t. and pa.p. of sweep.
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Rank popularity for the word 'swept' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4331
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of swept in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of swept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of swept in a Sentence
My son needed help, and I dont feel like they helped my son, my son needed help, andI dont feel like they helped my son... I feel like he doesnt -- without this, he would just be nobody. Hes just -- it doesnt matter, hes just another guy. Just another child, just swept up under the rug and thats it and forgotten about.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
It swept the gardens away to Kafetina River and buried some of them, too. At the same time Kafetina River flooded and gardens beside the riverbed were washed away.
This is easily the most serious security crisis in Europe since the 1980s, russia and the West have disagreed so fundamentally on worldview and that fundamental disagreement has been swept under the carpet for years.
We woke up to people screaming for help, the water had risen to our heads... and I saw people being swept away with the water with my own eyes.
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- balaitaEsperanto
- barridoSpanish
- spazzatoItalian
- varridaPortuguese
- 橫掃Chinese
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