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2 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) σκουπίζω2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) παρασύρω, σαρώνω3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) διατρέχω4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) κινούμαι ανεμπόδιστος2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) σκούπισμα2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) οριζόντια ημικυκλική κίνηση του χεριού3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) καπνοδοχοκαθαριστής4) (a sweepstake.) λαχείο του ιπποδρόμου•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
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3 dustpan
noun (a type of flat container with a handle, used for holding dust swept from the floor.) φαράσι -
4 mountain-side
noun (the slope of a mountain: The avalanche swept the climbers down the mountain-side.) βουνοπλαγιά -
5 regain
[ri'ɡein]1) (to get back again: The champion was beaten in January but regained the title in March.) (επ)ανακτώ2) (to get back to (a place): The swimmer was swept out to sea, but managed to regain the shore.) ξαναβρίσκω, ξαναγυρίζω -
6 sweep up
(to gather together or remove (dirt etc) by sweeping: She swept up the crumbs/mess.) σκουπίζω (βρωμιά, ψίχουλα, κλπ.) -
7 Sweep
v. trans.Ar. and P. κορεῖν, V. σαίρειν.Overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.Sweep the strings of a musical instrument: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν (absol.), or use touch.He swept piracy from the sea: τὸ λῃστικὸν καθῄρει ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης (Thuc. 1, 4).Did not women slay the children of Ægyptus and sweep Lemnos utterly of her men? V. οὐ γυναῖκες εἷλον Αἰγύπτου τέκνα καὶ Λῆμνον ἄρδην ἀρσένων ἐξῴκισαν; (Eur., Hec. 886).Sweep away: P. ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. σαίρειν.Remove: P. and V. παραιρεῖν.Sweep over: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι (acc. or dat.).V. intrans.——————subs.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sweep
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