Synonyms for sweep
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sweep |
| Phonetic Transcription : swip |
Top 10 synonyms for sweep Other synonyms for the word sweep
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sweep
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