"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
1. sweep low = zamiatanie niski sweep low
2. sweep gracefully = zamieć z gracją sweep gracefully
3. gently sweep = łagodnie zamieć gently sweep
  • Her hand gently swept a sweat-strand of hair from my eyes.
  • Dr. Dincer patiently demonstrates for each child how a toothbrush feels when it gently sweeps the inside of the mouth.
  • A light swirl of snow swept gently across our path, but quickly subsided to intermittent flakes.
  • Her eyes swept gently over Luke's swollen and bruised face.
  • One hand swept gently over the golden polyhedron bars, and Kashi's head dipped in a brief nod.
  • As she spoke, though, she leaned down and gently swept the cross clean of its most recent dusting of snow.
  • It descended, unseen by Gath, and gently swept through him.
  • The two daughters were gently sweeping the bare stone floor with stiff brooms, and the son was polishing the silverware.
  • Her hands moved once more as she gently swept some of those which lay upon the pavement, gathering them into the hollow of her right palm.
  • He squares himself to the basket, and on the release he gently sweeps his shooting hand past his ear.
(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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