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SWEPT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing sweep
Example:
the sleek swept wings of the plane
Classified under:
Similar:
sweptback ((especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment)
sweptwing ((of an aircraft) having sweptback wings)
Antonym:
unswept (not swept or having sweep)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb sweep
Context examples:
The wind came now in fierce bursts, and the snow was driven with fury as it swept upon us in circling eddies.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Buck could not hold his own, and swept on down-stream, struggling desperately, but unable to win back.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
She swept across the room and seated herself with her back to the window.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As I spoke a powerful bay horse swept out from the weighing enclosure and cantered past us, bearing on its back the well-known black and red of the Colonel.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It seemed to have swept the streets unusually bare of passengers, besides; for Mr. Utterson thought he had never seen that part of London so deserted.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
On they swept over the level and up to the slope, ere they met the blinding storm of the English arrows.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Just then the noise of horses topped the rise, and four or five riders came in sight in the moonlight and swept at full gallop down the slope.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Don't leave me, Hans, with—" her eyes swept the room—"with this."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Holmes swept his light along the window-sill.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The snow was light, and with her broom she soon swept a path all round the garden, for Beth to walk in when the sun came out and the invalid dolls needed air.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
