"sweep" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sweep verbo

sweep + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 23
sweep one's hand • sweep one's arm • sweep the floor • sweep the country • sweep the series • ...
verbo + sweep
Kolokacji: 3
begin sweeping • start sweeping • finished sweeping
sweep + preposición
Kolokacji: 46
sweep up • sweep through • sweep into • sweep over • sweep across • sweep down • sweep out • sweep off • ...
sweep + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 50
swept away • swept aside • sweep clean • sweep forward • quickly sweep • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) away, aside
Kolokacji: 2
(2) clean, clear, open
Kolokacji: 3
(6) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(7) low, gracefully, gently
Kolokacji: 3
(8) close, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, literally, bare
Kolokacji: 3
(10) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) regularly, constantly
Kolokacji: 2
1. regularly swept = regularnie zamieść regularly swept
2. constantly sweep = ciągle zamieć constantly sweep
  • The Algorans have a scanner that sweeps constantly through the full time vector of this continuum.
  • She closed in upon Colombo, but refrained from making an attack on account of the searchlights constantly sweeping the harbour and coastal artillery placements.
  • During the next couple of days the deck force kept the main deck constantly swept.
  • The ambassador's entourage followed her closely, their glares constantly sweeping the room.
  • They constantly swept the crowds with the scatterguns, and shot anybody who dared to get close.
  • The scanners where they constantly swept the room, the entire suite of offices, had detected nothing.
  • The guns in their hands swept constantly back and forth, covering every direction an attack could come from.
  • Minesweeping operations would continue for months, the UN ships constantly swept various areas to ensure that no new mine fields were laid.
  • Its electronic probes swept constantly now, searching lor intruders, but so far finding only commercial airliners Nil those were watched very closely indeed.
  • Little things, like the machines mounted high in the corners which constantly swept the room as if monitoring the movements of both tellers and customers.
(12) grandly, majestically
Kolokacji: 2
(13) neatly, cleanly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2

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