The week before, a monsoonal deluge had swept through the river valley.I had made up my mind at the Scenic Overlook to make a clean sweep through the house.Hundreds of local Dayaks have been sweeping through the city of Palangkaraya looking for settlers from the island of Madura.He had been swept along by Tommy's drunken madness.The wind sweeps through and the hunched wolf shivers.The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.these professionals cruise by sweeping up. While the keen amateurs struggle with maggots and nets on the bank.Can you help me sweep up all the pieces of glass?.Just ask the experts, the cops who sweep them up afterward.I just finished sweeping the kitchen floor.When everyone had left, Ed swept the floor.The Democrats had swept the fall elections and were about to take control of the Senate.Strong waves swept the boy out into the surf.Phillario has already wished that the rain would sweep Mira away, and now Corydon is intent on getting rid of weeds.You couldn't bear the thought of a chit of a girl sweeping in and scooping the jackpot.→ sweep somebody along → sweep something ↔ aside → sweep somebody/something away → sweep up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus sweep sweep over/across/around etc the beam from the lighthouse sweeping across the sea 14 → sweep somebody off their feet 15 → sweep/brush something under the carpet 16 hair to pull your hair back from your face sweep something back/up Kerry swept her hair back into a ponytail. 13 look LOOK AT to look quickly at all of something The general’s eyes swept the horizon. 11 → sweep the board 12 form a curve AV TURN to form a long curved shape sweep down/along etc The hills swept down to the sea.
#Sweep past tense series
10 sports American English to win all of the games in a series of games against a particular team Houston swept Orlando to become NBA champions. Herrera was swept into office on the promise of major reforms. 9 politics WIN to win an election easily and in an impressive way sweep to power/victory Nixon and Agnew swept to victory with 47 million votes. 8 person WALK if someone sweeps somewhere, they move quickly and confidently, especially because they are impatient or like to seem important sweep into/through etc Eva swept into the meeting and demanded to know what was going on. 6 become popular written POPULAR if an idea, feeling, or activity sweeps a group of people or a place, it quickly becomes very popular or common sweep the country/nation/state etc a wave of nationalism sweeping the country sweep across/through etc the latest craze sweeping through the teenage population 7 feeling if a feeling sweeps over you, you are suddenly affected by it sweep over A feeling of isolation swept over me. sweep across/through etc Ninety-mile per hour winds swept across the plains. 5 wind/waves etc DN if winds, waves, fire etc sweep a place or sweep through, across etc a place, they move quickly and with a lot of force Thunderstorms swept the country. 4 group moves if a group of people or animals sweep somewhere, they quickly move there together sweep through/along etc The crowd swept through the gates of the stadium. Jessie was swept along by the angry crowd. 3 push somebody/something with force to force someone or something to move in a particular direction The windsurfer was swept out to sea. sweep something off/out/up etc Will you sweep the leaves off the patio? 2 push something somewhere to move things from a surface with a brushing movement I swept the papers quickly into the drawer. W3 verb ( past tense and past participle swept / swept / ) 1 clean something DHC to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground, using a brush with a long handle SYN brush Bert swept the path in front of the house.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Cleaning, Nature sweep sweep 1 / swiːp /
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