SWEPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swept mean? 

• SWEPT (adjective)
  The adjective SWEPT has 1 sense:

1. possessing sweep

  Familiarity information: SWEPT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEPT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing sweep

Context example:

the sleek swept wings of the plane

Similar:

sweptback ((especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment)

sweptwing ((of an aircraft) having sweptback wings)

Antonym:

unswept (not swept or having sweep)

 Context examples 

Three he laid aside; the others, when he had examined them, he swept from him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She then swept it all out the door.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"And another thing," he swept on.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Again the impulse to return swept over me.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could not swim, but before I could sink I was swept back again.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

In tens of millions of years, this will be swept away and only an open cluster of stars will remain.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

It was no wonder that it had not been swept away by the tide.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But since a huge storm swept across the icy moon's low latitudes in late 2010, only a few small clouds have been observed anywhere on the icy moon.

(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)

It was a very different person, however, who swept into the room.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are seen only as a nuisance, swept hastily off, and driven as much as possible from the sight.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)