slovo | definícia |
sweep up (encz) | sweep up,smést Zdeněk Brož |
sweep up (encz) | sweep up,zamést Zdeněk Brož |
sweep up (wn) | sweep up
v 1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me
into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep,
sweep up, drag, drag in]
2: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and
use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace,
adopt, sweep up] |
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To sweep up a mold (gcide) | Sweep \Sweep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swept; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sweeping.] [OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[=a]pan. See Swoop,
v. i.]
1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose
dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for
the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street,
or a chimney. Used also figuratively.
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I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
--Isa. xiv.
23.
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2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or
as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing;
as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow
from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or
rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.
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The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. --Isa.
xxviii. 17.
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I have already swept the stakes. --Dryden.
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3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
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Their long descending train,
With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain.
--Dryden.
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4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence,
to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
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And like a peacock sweep along his tail. --Shak.
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5. To strike with a long stroke.
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Wake into voice each silent string,
And sweep the sounding lyre. --Pope.
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6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the
bottom of a river with a net.
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7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an
instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a
telescope.
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To sweep a mold or To sweep up a mold (Founding), to form
the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing
it around the pattern.
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