What does swept mean?

Definitions for swept
swɛptswept

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word swept.

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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  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

How to pronounce swept?

How to say swept in sign language?

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. Diane Yentel:

    While the overall rate of spending emergency rental assistance has improved, many programs are still too slow in getting assistance to tenants in need, those program administrators that can't or won't follow clear White House and The Treasury directives will have funding swept and reallocated to those that will.

  2. Glenn Hollander:

    There’s lot of expertise and a lot of history that is going to be lost, a lot of understanding of why the market is doing something, i think open-outcry died because as electronics came in the people who were afraid of them didn’t embrace them. And pit traders just got swept away like a tsunami.

  3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Make sure that the inspectors actually inspect. Make sure that the snapback sanctions actually snap back. And make sure that Iran's violations aren't swept under the Persian rug, of one thing, I can assure you: Israel will be watching closely.

  4. Mawuli Davis:

    If it wasn't for the video, this would have been swept under the rug.

  5. Carolyn Baylor-Giummo:

    I want to find the truth, i don't want this swept under the rug.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

swept#10000#14983#100000

Translations for swept

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for swept »

Translation

Find a translation for the swept definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"swept." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/swept>.

Discuss these swept definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for swept? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    To make worse
    A exacerbate
    B caddie
    C abrade
    D knead

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for swept: