Antonyms for sweep

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : sweep

Phonetic Transcription : swip

Definition of sweep

Origin : c.1300, perhaps from a past tense form of Middle English swope "sweep," from Old English swapan "to sweep" (transitive & intransitive); see swoop. Related: Swept; sweeping.

noun range, extent
noun movement
verb brush off, away
verb fly, glide

Example sentences :

From this position he commanded with his rifle the sweep of hillside all around the cabin.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I have never had to sweep out the schoolhouse since the time you know of.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

The posters, maculated with filth, garnished like tapestry the sweep of the curbstone.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I hauled him in, and he told me, he thought, some one had hold of the other end of the sweep.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

These form the woods which sweep from rocky shore to topmost hill.
Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael

I might sweep and wash off the stove, and—and clean off the mantelpiece.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

We rake the grass, and then, gilding refined gold, we sweep it.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Dorcas had no dreams so happy that such an avalanche could not sweep them aside.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

At this, with one sweep of his sword, Hugh struck at the cat's paw.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

He sat down, back of the harp, and made ready to sweep the strings.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Synonyms for sweep

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