swept
swept
- v sweep across or over
A gasp swept cross the audience - v move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
The diva swept into the room
The searchlights swept across the sky - v sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- v force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
They were swept up by the events - v to cover or extend over an area or time period
- v clean by sweeping
- v win an overwhelming victory in or on
Her new show dog swept all championships - v cover the entire range of
- v make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- a possessing sweep
the sleek swept wings of the plane
- Some cars were doubtless swept downstream, and police estimated that it would be a long timeif everuntil a full count could be made of the victims.
- Two decades later, Waterman finally perfected, if that's the word, what he then called the Aerobile, configured as a swept-wing "pusher" (prop in the back).
- A tropical storm that swept through the Philippines over the weekend left 80% of the city underwater, dozens dead, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced.