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sweep
Overview of noun sweep
The noun sweep has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) sweep, expanse -- (a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains")
2. chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep -- (someone who cleans soot from chimneys)
3. slam, sweep -- (winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge)
4. sweep, sweep oar -- (a long oar used in an open boat)
5. end run, sweep -- ((American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line)
6. sweep -- (a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm")
Overview of verb sweep
The verb sweep has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (13) brush, sweep -- (sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience")
2. (12) sweep, sail -- (move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky")
3. (5) sweep, broom -- (sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed")
4. (3) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in -- (force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business")
5. (2) cross, traverse, span, sweep -- (to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries")
6. (1) sweep -- (clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor")
7. (1) sweep -- (win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships")
8. sweep -- (cover the entire range of)
9. swing, sweep, swing out -- (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sweep
6 senses of sweep
Sense 1
sweep, expanse
=> scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
=> extent
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
=> cleaner
=> laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
=> workman, workingman, working man, working person
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
slam, sweep
=> victory, triumph
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> success
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
sweep, sweep oar
=> oar
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
end run, sweep
=> run, running, running play, running game
=> football play
=> play
=> plan of action
=> plan, program, programme
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
sweep
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sweep
1 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 3
slam, sweep
=> grand slam
=> little slam, small slam
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sweep
6 senses of sweep
Sense 1
sweep, expanse
=> scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
Sense 2
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
=> cleaner
Sense 3
slam, sweep
=> victory, triumph
Sense 4
sweep, sweep oar
=> oar
Sense 5
end run, sweep
=> run, running, running play, running game
Sense 6
sweep
=> motion, movement, move, motility
Antonyms of noun sweep
Member Holonyms of noun sweep
Substance Holonyms of noun sweep
Part Holonyms of noun sweep
1 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 3
slam, sweep
PART OF: bridge
Member Meronyms of noun sweep
Substance Meronyms of noun sweep
Part Meronyms of noun sweep
Meronyms of noun sweep
Holonyms of noun sweep
1 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 3
slam, sweep
PART OF: bridge
Attributes of noun sweep
Derived Forms of noun sweep
3 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 1
sweep, expanse
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#8
=> sweep
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#5
=> cross, traverse, span, sweep
Sense 2
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#6
=> sweep
Sense 6
sweep
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#9
=> swing, sweep, swing out
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#2
=> sweep, sail
RELATED TO>(verb) sweep#1
=> brush, sweep
Domain of noun sweep
1 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 5
end run, sweep
TOPIC>(noun) American football#1, American football game#1
Domain Terms of noun sweep
Familiarity of noun sweep
sweep used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sweep
6 senses of sweep
Sense 1
sweep, expanse
> scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
=> approximate range, ballpark
=> confines
=> contrast
=> internationality, internationalism
=> latitude
=> horizon, view, purview
=> sweep, expanse
=> gamut
=> spectrum
=> palette, pallet
Sense 2
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
> cleaner
=> charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
=> chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
=> scourer
=> street cleaner, street sweeper
=> window cleaner
Sense 3
slam, sweep
> victory, triumph
=> win
=> fall, pin
=> independence
=> landslide
=> last laugh
=> Pyrrhic victory
=> slam, sweep
=> checkmate
=> runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway
=> service break
=> walk-in, waltz
Sense 4
sweep, sweep oar
> oar
=> paddle, boat paddle
=> scull
=> scull
=> sweep, sweep oar
Sense 5
end run, sweep
> run, running, running play, running game
=> draw, draw play
=> end run, sweep
=> return
=> reverse
=> rush, rushing
Sense 6
sweep
> motion, movement, move, motility
=> abduction
=> adduction
=> agitation
=> body English
=> circumduction
=> disturbance
=> fetal movement, foetal movement
=> flit, dart
=> gesture
=> headshake, headshaking
=> inclination, inclining
=> inversion, eversion, everting
=> inversion, upending
=> jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
=> kick, kicking
=> kneel, kneeling
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> eye movement
=> opening
=> prostration
=> reach, reaching, stretch
=> reciprocation
=> reclining
=> retraction
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> rotation, rotary motion
=> shutting, closing
=> sitting
=> sitting, posing
=> snap
=> squat, squatting
=> sweep
=> toss
=> vibration, quiver, quivering
=> wave
=> waver, flutter, flicker
=> standing
=> straddle, span
=> stroke
=> wiggle, wriggle, squirm
=> eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
Meronyms of noun sweep
6 senses of sweep
Sense 2
chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
=> cleaner
=> laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
=> workman, workingman, working man, working person
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
sweep, sweep oar
=> oar
HAS PART: blade, vane
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
end run, sweep
=> run, running, running play, running game
=> football play
=> play
=> plan of action
HAS PART: goal, end
Holonyms of noun sweep
1 of 6 senses of sweep
Sense 3
slam, sweep
PART OF: bridge
Grep of noun sweep
chimneysweep
sweep
sweep-second
sweep hand
sweep oar
sweeper
sweeping
sweepstakes
Antonyms of verb sweep
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sweep
9 senses of sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
=> move
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
Also See> sweep through#1
Sense 3
sweep, broom
=> wipe, pass over
=> rub
=> guide, run, draw, pass
Sense 4
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
=> involve
=> admit, let in, include
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
=> be
Sense 6
sweep
=> clean, make clean
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 7
sweep
=> win
Sense 8
sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
=> be
Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
=> wield, handle
=> manipulate
=> handle, palm
=> touch
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sweep
2 of 9 senses of sweep
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> swan
Sense 8
sweep
=> rake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sweep
9 senses of sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
=> move
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
Also See> sweep through#1
Sense 3
sweep, broom
=> wipe, pass over
Sense 4
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
=> involve
Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
Sense 6
sweep
=> clean, make clean
Sense 7
sweep
=> win
Sense 8
sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
=> wield, handle
'Cause To' of verb sweep
Derived Forms of verb sweep
7 of 9 senses of sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#6
=> sweep
Sense 2
sweep, sail
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#6
=> sweep
Sense 3
sweep, broom
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeper#1
=> sweeper
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeper#2
=> carpet sweeper, sweeper
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeping#1
=> sweeping
Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#1
=> sweep, expanse
Sense 6
sweep
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#2
=> chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeper#1
=> sweeper
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeper#2
=> carpet sweeper, sweeper
RELATED TO>(noun) sweeping#1
=> sweeping
Sense 8
sweep
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#1
=> sweep, expanse
Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
RELATED TO>(noun) sweep#6
=> sweep
Domain of verb sweep
Domain Terms of verb sweep
Familiarity of verb sweep
sweep used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Sample Sentences of verb sweep
9 senses of sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
sweep, sail
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
sweep, broom
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
sweep
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
sweep
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
sweep
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sweep
9 senses of sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 2
sweep, sail
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 3
sweep, broom
> wipe, pass over
=> sponge
=> squeegee
=> sweep, broom
=> towel
=> whisk, whisk off
Sense 4
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
> involve
=> embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
=> entangle, mire
Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
> cover, continue, extend
=> cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> sweep
=> overlap
=> spread, overspread
=> ridge
=> dot, stud, constellate
Sense 6
sweep
> clean, make clean
=> disinfect
=> brush
=> dust
=> vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover
=> sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise
=> bream
=> steam, steam clean
=> preen, plume
=> sweep
=> wash up, do the dishes
=> pipe-clay
=> scavenge
=> dry clean
=> wash, launder
Sense 7
sweep
> win
=> romp
=> carry
=> take
=> sweep
=> carry
=> prevail, triumph
=> take the cake
Sense 8
sweep
> cover, continue, extend
=> cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> sweep
=> overlap
=> spread, overspread
=> ridge
=> dot, stud, constellate
Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
> wield, handle
=> ply
=> pump
=> swing, sweep, swing out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sweep
Sense 1
brush, sweep
=> move
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
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Sense 3
sweep, broom
=> wipe, pass over
Sense 6
sweep
=> clean, make clean
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Sense 4
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
=> involve
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Sense 5
cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
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Sense 7
sweep
=> win
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Sense 8
sweep
=> cover, continue, extend
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Sense 9
swing, sweep, swing out
=> wield, handle
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Grep of verb sweep
sweep
sweep away
sweep off
sweep over
sweep through
sweep under the rug
sweep up
Grep of adj sweep
sweeping
Grep of adv sweep
sweepingly
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