swept
pronunciation
How to pronounce swept in British English:
UK [swept]
How to pronounce swept in American English:
US [swɛpt]
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- Adjective:
- possessing sweep
Word Origin
- swept
- past participle of sweep (v.).
Example
- 1. Then I meander down to the freshly swept beach and join the others for dinner .
- 2. November 's mid-term elections saw the democrats swept from power in the house by the biggest swing to the republicans in decades .
- 3. Despite the stress of organising it , he added , he felt " a deep calm and peace " as darkness swept across the land .
- 4. No crater is visible in the photographs but it seems that terrific heat from the bomb kindled tremendous fires which , while hot , swept over streets .
- 5. As the pulse passed through the glass , its event horizons should have swept some of these photons up , producing hawking radiation from the partners they left behind .