"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
  • He fired a long burst at the group, sweeping back and forth across the corner.
  • He looked tired, but his eyes swept attentively back and forth across the trail ahead of him.
  • He slowly swept back and forth across the landscape, looking for something, anything that was out of the ordinary.
  • The light swept back and forth, then was joined by another, making the rail a death trap.
  • His eyes swept back and forth over the area like radar.
  • She trembled as his thumb swept back and forth over the top of her hand.
  • His keen eyes swept back and forth across the group.
  • Its beam swept back and forth across the bottom of the pool.
  • The head inside swept back and forth, sweeping the triangle created by the headlights.
  • The guns in their hands swept constantly back and forth, covering every direction an attack could come from.
3. sweep onward = zamiatanie dalszy sweep onward
4. sweep backward = zamieć do tyłu sweep backward
(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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