SWEEP


Meaning of SWEEP in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , long , wide

The house overlooks the great ~ of the St Lawrence River.

▪ single

▪ comprehensive

Her eyes made a comprehensive ~ of the room.

▪ elegant , graceful

▪ broad , dramatic , epic , grand

the broad cultural ~ of Flaubert's novel

He dismissed his assistant with a grand ~ of his hand.

VERB + SWEEP

▪ make , take

We made a wide ~ south to the River Dee.

PREPOSITION

▪ in one ~ ( figurative )

Thousands of jobs were lost in one broad ~.

▪ with a ~

with a ~ of his arm

II.

verb

Sweep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ breeze , ↑ cloak , ↑ craze , ↑ current , ↑ epidemic , ↑ eye , ↑ gale , ↑ gaze , ↑ hysteria , ↑ panic , ↑ rumour , ↑ storm , ↑ surge , ↑ wave , ↑ wind

Sweep is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bang , ↑ chimney , ↑ crumb , ↑ dirt , ↑ dust , ↑ election , ↑ floor , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ snow

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .