Word Study
sweep under the rug |
sweep up |
sweep-saw |
sweep-second |
sweepage |
sweeper
| sweeping
| sweepingly
| sweepings
| sweepstake
| sweepstakes
sweeper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sweeper has 3 senses
- sweeper(n = noun.person) Array - an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.); Array is a kind of employee
- sweeper(n = noun.artifact) carpet sweeper - a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet; Array is a kind of cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement
- sweeper(n = noun.animal) Array - little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body; Array is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
Derived forms verb sweep3, verb sweep6
Derived forms verb sweep3, verb sweep6
is a member of family pempheridae, pempheridae
CIDE DICTIONARY
sweeper, n.
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. [1913 Webster]
"It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sweeper, n.
1 a person who cleans by sweeping.
2 a device for sweeping carpets etc.
3 Football a defensive player positioned close to the goalkeeper.
1 a person who cleans by sweeping.
2 a device for sweeping carpets etc.
3 Football a defensive player positioned close to the goalkeeper.
For further exploring for "sweeper" in Webster Dictionary Online
