"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 forward = zamieć do przodu sweep forward
2. sweep forth = zamieć do przodu sweep forth
3. sweep onward = zamiatanie dalszy sweep onward
4. sweep backward = zamieć do tyłu sweep backward
  • From its shoulders blue leathery six-foot wings swept backward, bobbing gently as the-thing-walked.
  • I remembered the life-preservers stored in the cabin, but was met at the door and swept backward by a wild rush of men and women.
  • As Largo recoiled in terror, the killer's arm swept backward to hurl the knife!
  • Backward swept The Shadow, away from the table and toward the floor, to escape this new device of Thade.
  • The machine swept backward into the avenue.
  • The tentacle swept backward, slid the gun into a holster on the creature's back.
  • Applause began, and as the pope, looking extremely frail, slowly moved toward the altar, the clapping swept backward in waves across the square.
  • But time swept backward and Callista was gone, had never been there.
  • The tail assembly swept backward and struck the cliff, absorbing a fair amount of the impact and tearing away in the process.
  • He was lifted, swept backward, tossed into sunlight to land in mud and water with a great splash.
(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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