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Definitions for Swept
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sweptadjective

    possessing sweep

    "the sleek swept wings of the plane"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sweptthe participle and preterite of sweep.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Swept

    of Sweep

  2. Swept

    imp. & p. p. of Sweep

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Swept

    swept, pa.t. and pa.p. of sweep.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Swept' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4331

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Swept in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Swept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Swept in a Sentence

  1. Michela Favorito:

    We saw the explosion from the hotel. There was a loud roar, we plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud.

  2. Simon Westaway:

    People see a state of emergency and don't know if they'll be able to get in or out, this contagion has really swept across the industry.

  3. Michela Favorito:

    We plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud.

  4. Naisman Mitio:

    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.

  5. Katie Packer:

    It speaks to the changes in campaigns since the last time Jeb Bush ran for office. It used to be you make a comment like that ; by evening you put out your statement, and the statement ends up in the same story. That whole thing on women's health issues swept around the world before the campaign retracted it, the speed at which things travel is probably new to him. You learn that when you're running, especially in the presidential cycle. All of this serves to make him look a little out of touch.

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