SWEEP

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sweep I. substantiv

1. măturare;

to give a room a sweep a mătura odaia;

(fam.) to make a clean sweep of one's staff a se debarasa de angajaţii săi;

the thieves made a clean sweep hoţii au măturat totul.

2. mişcare circulară (cu braţul etc.);

sweep of the eye privire circulară.

3. zonă de învârtire (a unei manivele etc.);

the door sweep spaţiul semicircular de deschidere a uşii.

4. lovitură (de coasă etc.); trăsătură (de penel etc.);

at one sweep dintr-o lovitură.

5. scurgere rapidă (a unui râu etc.).

6. braţ, cot, curbă (a unui râu); curbă (de arc); buclă;

to take / to make a sweep a descrie o curbă.

7. (mil.) bătaie (a unei puşti, a unui proiector etc.).

8. întindere (între vârfurile aripilor).

9. vâslă (de barcă).

10. aripă, braţ (de moară).

11. balansor (de pompă).

12. (mar.) dragă de căutare; traină.

13. (amer. tel.) explorare, analiză.

14. (şi chimney sweep) măturător de coşuri, coşar.

15. (sl.) tip josnic.

sweep II. past şi part. trec. swept verb A. tranzitiv

1. a mătura (o cameră etc.);

the deck was swept by the sea puntea a fost măturată de valuri;

to sweep the horizon with a telescope a scruta orizontul cu luneta;

to sweep the room with a glance a-şi plimba privirea prin cameră;

to sweep the seas a străbate mările;

to sweep the seas of pirates a curăţi mările de piraţi;

(fam. sport) to sweep the board a avea un succes deplin;

(pol.) to sweep the country with a programme a culege aprobarea întregii ţări pentru programul său.

2. (mar.) a curăţi prin dragare.

3. a şterge (praful etc.).

4. a lua (cu sine), a duce, a antrena;

a wave swept her overboard un val a luat-o peste bord;

(fam.) to be swept off one's feet by smb. a fi nebun după cineva.

5. a trasa (o curbă).

6. to sweep along a) a lua cu sine, a duce, a antrena; b) a face să înainteze;

to sweep aside a depărta cu un gest larg;

to sweep away a) a mătura; b) a suprima, a distruge (un rău);

to sweep down a lua cu sine;

to sweep in a strâmta, a îngusta;

to sweep off a lua cu violenţă;

to sweep off one's hat a saluta cu un gest larg;

to sweep out a) a mătura; b) a da o formă largă (cu dat.);

to sweep up a) a mătura; b) a şterge; c) a aduna grămadă.

sweep II. past şi part. trec. swept verb B. intranzitiv

1. a mătura.

2. (despre o câmpie etc.) a se întinde.

3. (şi to sweep along) a înainta repede;

she swept into the room intră repede şi maiestos în cameră.

4. to sweep by a) a trece cu viteză; b) a trece cu un aer maiestos;

to sweep down a se abate;

to sweep in a se înghesui;

to sweep on a înainta nestăvilit;

to sweep part v. to sweep by;

to sweep round (mar.) a vira;

to sweep up a) a merge pe roate, a luneca pe roţi; b) a descrie o curbă; c) (despre avioane, păsări etc.) a-şi lua zborul.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

It seemed impossible that it could continue to live, yet with each dizzying sweep it did achieve the impossible.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Now, let me leave you an instant, to make a better fire, and have the hearth swept up.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

He sprang out beyond sword sweep, and the pair stood breathing heavily, while the crowd of young squires buzzed their applause.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With an expressive sweep of his hands one of them pointed to the woods around them, and indicated that they were full of danger.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“A very pleasant evening,” he began, as soon as Mr. Woodhouse had been talked into what was necessary, told that he understood, and the papers swept away;—“particularly pleasant.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The Bath paper one morning announced the arrival of the Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple, and her daughter, the Honourable Miss Carteret; and all the comfort of No. —, Camden Place, was swept away for many days; for the Dalrymples (in Anne's opinion, most unfortunately) were cousins of the Elliots; and the agony was how to introduce themselves properly.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Still, as we drive along in an open carriage, this fairy marriage is real enough to fill me with a sort of wondering pity for the unfortunate people who have no part in it, but are sweeping out the shops, and going to their daily occupations.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It wasn’t all done in an instant, though, for these chairs were all swept over yonder, and he had one in his hand as if he had tried to hold her off with it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And the winter darkness, when the north gales make their long sweep across the ice-pack, and the air is filled with flying white, and no man may venture forth, is the chosen time for the telling of how Keesh, from the poorest igloo in the village, rose to power and place over them all.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

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