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sweeping (ˈswiːpɪŋ Pronunciation for sweeping ) 

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adjective

    1. gesture, curve weit ausholend
    2. staircase geschwungen
  2. (figurative)
    1. change, reduction radikal, drastisch
    2. statement pauschal
    3. victory überragend

Similar Words

= extensive, broad, vast, expansive, panoramic, spacious
= indiscriminate, blanket, across-the-board, wholesale, exaggerated, overstated, unqualified, overdrawn, oversimplified
= wide-ranging, global, comprehensive, wide, broad, radical, extensive, all-inclusive, all-embracing, overarching, thoroughgoing,
= decisive, complete, total, overwhelming, unconditional, unqualified, out-and-out

sweep (swiːp Pronunciation for sweep ) 

Translations

Word forms:  swept,  past tense,  past participle

noun

  1. to give the floor a sweep den Boden kehren or (Swiss) wischen
  2. (= chimney sweep) Schornsteinfeger masculine noun(Schornsteinfegerin) (feminine noun)
    1. [of arm] Schwung masculine noun
    2. [of light, radar] Strahl masculine noun
     ⇒ in one sweep (figurative) auf einen Schwung ⇒ the police made a sweep of the district die Polizei hat die Gegend abgesucht ⇒ to make a clean sweep (figurative) gründlich aufräumen
  4. (= curve, line)
    1. [of road, river] Bogen masculine noun
     ⇒ a wide sweep of country eine sich weit ausdehnende Landschaft

transitive verb

    1. floor fegen, wischen (Swiss)
    2. street, chimney fegen
    3. room (aus)fegen
    4. dust, snow wegfegen
     ⇒ to sweep sth under the carpet (figurative) etw unter den Teppich kehren
  2. (= scan) absuchen (for nach)
  3. (= move quickly over)
    1. (wind) fegen über + accusative
    2. (waves, protest, violence, fashion) überrollen
    3. (glance) gleiten über + accusative
    4. (disease) um sich greifen in + dative
  4. (= remove with sweeping movement)
    1. (wave) spülen, schwemmen
    2. (current)
      1. person reißen
    3. (wind) fegen
     ⇒ to sweep sth onto the floor etw zu Boden fegen
  5. (= triumph) große Triumphe feiern in + dative ⇒ to sweep the board (figurative) alle Preise/Medaillen gewinnen, abräumen (informal)

intransitive verb

  1. (with broom) kehren, fegen, wischen (Swiss)
  2. (= move)
    1. [person] rauschen
    2. [vehicle, plane]
      1. (quickly) schießen
      2. (majestically) gleiten
    3. [road, river] in weitem Bogen führen
     ⇒ the disease swept through Europe die Krankheit breitete sich in Europa aus

Similar Words

= brush, clean, wipe, vacuum, scrub, hoover, scour
= clear, remove, brush, clean, get rid of, dispose of
= carry, pull, drag, drive
= sail, pass, fly, tear, zoom, glide, skim, scud, hurtle
= spread through, flood, overwhelm, engulf, flow across, surge over
= swagger, sail, breeze, stride, stroll, glide, flounce
= scan, run over, skim, eye, check, examine, eyeball, glance over, run your eye over
= sail
= clear, remove
= movement, move, swing, stroke, gesture
= arc, bend, curve
= search, check, examination, look, hunt, investigation, going-over, inspection, exploration, combing
= extent, range, span, stretch, scope, compass
= lottery, draw, raffle, sweepstake

'sweeping' in Other Languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: radical
  • Chinese: 连绵曲折的连連绵綿曲折的
  • European Spanish: dramático dramática
  • French: large
  • German: weit ausholend
  • Italian: ampio ampia
  • Japanese: ゆったりと湾曲した
  • Korean: 넓고 긴
  • Portuguese: radical
  • Spanish: dramático dramática

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