sweeping

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of sweep

Noun

1. (countable) An instance of sweeping.
2. (uncountable) The activity of sweeping.

Adj

1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
2. Completely overwhelming.
3. Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

sweep

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

sweep

comprehensive

thorough

extensive

wide

broad

cleaning

scanning

complete

overall

wholesale

impetuous

far-reaching

headlong

inclusive

indiscriminate

large

overwhelming

radical

scan

scansion

swift

swinging

violent

washing

wide-ranging

sweepage

doing house work

sweep molding

sweep-work

all-embracing

strickle molding

ample

arched

bent

blanket

brooming

clean-up

clearing away

concise

curved

etc.

exhaustive

full

Translations

balayage

şümullü

schwungvoll

large

arrollador

genel

Fegen

pauschale

ausfegend

scopata

travolgente

barrido

fegend

extensiv

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈswiːpɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.