"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
1. sweep clean = zamiatanie czysty sweep clean
  • The large square had been swept clean after the weekly market for the Sunday meeting.
  • The place will be swept clean of every man, woman and child who is inside.
  • All day the wind had been rising, and they found themselves looking out on a sky swept almost clean.
  • The walls were free of graffiti, the floor swept clean.
  • I've looked at sites around the world, and there's always something left behind, but these have been literally swept clean.
  • One look at the field told that it had been swept clean of its grain.
  • She wouldn't risk having her mind swept clean again so soon.
  • The rest of the table was swept clean but for a large photo book.
  • His rampage didn't stop until the table between them had been swept clean.
  • To find this one cold and swept clean was more disturbing than he would have thought.
2. sweep clear = zamiatanie czysty sweep clear
3. sweep open = zamiatanie otwarty sweep open
(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
(12) grandly, majestically
Kolokacji: 2
(13) neatly, cleanly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2

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