sweep
/swip/ sustantivo C2En español: barrido, barrer, deshollinador
- A single action of sweeping. · Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A chimney sweep.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat. · Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins. · Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
Plural sweeps
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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The road took a sweep to the south of the town, and continued in the opposite direction to that in which we started.
Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.
Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep the fire fed with wood.
As I looked at the deep-set windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front, I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.
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