sweeping - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sweeping' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sweeping

[ a.]

- Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.

2 . Sweeping

[ p. pr. & vb. n.]

- of Sweep

Meaning of 'sweeping' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sweeping

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

Example in sentence:

a sweeping glance;
a wide-sweeping view of the river

Meaning (2):
- ignoring distinctions

Example in sentence:

sweeping generalizations;
wholesale destruction

Nearby Words:

sweal swealed swealing swear swearer swearing sweat sweated sweater sweatily

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Minesweeping
Minesweeping refers to the technique of clearing mines, using either mechanical sweeping to remove, disturb, or otherwise neutralize the mine; explosive ...

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