"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
1. sweep upward = zamiatanie do góry sweep upward
  • With a sudden turn, he had swept upward to the door.
  • His hands swept upward and curved him toward the surface.
  • He swept upward a little to avoid a flying bridge.
  • They started from somewhere on the ground, over the horizon, and swept upward into the sky.
  • A mass of darkness swept upward from a spot beside the rail.
  • As her lovely eyes swept upward, she looked like some sort of mystical icon.
  • He went deep, letting the current carry him downstream, then swept upward toward the sunlight and the air.
  • He swept upward toward his peak, and reached it.
  • The stairs that swept upward to the narrow bridge still lay in shadow.
  • Later, he leans against the calf of another woman and is swept upward by clinging to her arm.
2. sweep downward = zamiatanie w dół sweep downward
(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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