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SWEEPER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):

teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)

Holonyms ("sweeper" is a member of...):

family Pempheridae; Pempheridae (sweepers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

Synonyms:

carpet sweeper; sweeper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):

cleaning device; cleaning equipment; cleaning implement (any of a large class of implements used for cleaning)

Derivation:

sweep (sweep with a broom or as if with a broom)

sweep (clean by sweeping)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Derivation:

sweep (sweep with a broom or as if with a broom)

sweep (clean by sweeping)

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