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swept

[ swept ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sweep 1.


adjective

  1. (of a sword guard) made up of curved bars.

swept

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. the past tense of sweep
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ɱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swept1

First recorded in 1550–60, for the adjective
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At 08:56, kneeling on her SUP, Lloyd slid down the fish pass in the centre of the weir and was swept quickly downriver.

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Robin Reed, 46, and his son Owen, 17, who were from Caerphilly county in south Wales, were swept out to sea on 13 April while swimming at a beach without lifeguards in Seventeen Seventy, Queensland.

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Also on Friday, one woman drowned and a man is missing after their group was swept into sea in San Remo in Victoria.

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A wave of what Francis called “telepathic communication” swept through the group.

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Getting swept away by a fantasy world is one of moviegoing’s more rarefied pleasures, disbelief dissolving as readily as a pill on the tongue.

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