Sweep past tense
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sweep over/across/around etc the beam from the lighthouse sweeping across the sea 14 → sweep somebody off their feet 15 → sweep/brush something under the carpet 16 hair to pull your hair back from your face sweep something back/up Kerry swept her hair back into a ponytail. 13 look LOOK AT to look quickly at all of something The general’s eyes swept the horizon. 11 → sweep the board 12 form a curve AV TURN to form a long curved shape sweep down/along etc The hills swept down to the sea.
Sweep past tense series#
10 sports American English to win all of the games in a series of games against a particular team Houston swept Orlando to become NBA champions. Herrera was swept into office on the promise of major reforms. 9 politics WIN to win an election easily and in an impressive way sweep to power/victory Nixon and Agnew swept to victory with 47 million votes. 8 person WALK if someone sweeps somewhere, they move quickly and confidently, especially because they are impatient or like to seem important sweep into/through etc Eva swept into the meeting and demanded to know what was going on. 6 become popular written POPULAR if an idea, feeling, or activity sweeps a group of people or a place, it quickly becomes very popular or common sweep the country/nation/state etc a wave of nationalism sweeping the country sweep across/through etc the latest craze sweeping through the teenage population 7 feeling if a feeling sweeps over you, you are suddenly affected by it sweep over A feeling of isolation swept over me. sweep across/through etc Ninety-mile per hour winds swept across the plains. 5 wind/waves etc DN if winds, waves, fire etc sweep a place or sweep through, across etc a place, they move quickly and with a lot of force Thunderstorms swept the country. 4 group moves if a group of people or animals sweep somewhere, they quickly move there together sweep through/along etc The crowd swept through the gates of the stadium. Jessie was swept along by the angry crowd. 3 push somebody/something with force to force someone or something to move in a particular direction The windsurfer was swept out to sea. sweep something off/out/up etc Will you sweep the leaves off the patio? 2 push something somewhere to move things from a surface with a brushing movement I swept the papers quickly into the drawer. W3 verb ( past tense and past participle swept / swept / ) 1 clean something DHC to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground, using a brush with a long handle SYN brush Bert swept the path in front of the house.The table given below shows the past tense form as well as the past participle form of commonly used strong/irregular verbs.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Cleaning, Nature sweep sweep 1 / swiːp / There may/may not be any change in the inside vowel.
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Weak Verbs: Past tense form of verbs formed by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ ot ‘t’ to their base verbs are weak verbs.Strong verbs: Past tense forms are formed without adding anything, but by changing their body (spelling) are strong verbs.This was discussed in the earlier chapters.Īccording to the manner in which they form past tense forms and past participle forms, verbs are categorized into Present participle form of the verb is the ‘Ing’ form of verb, formed by adding ‘ing’ after the base verb. When these action words show the time of happening of an event, they are called ‘tenses’ Base verbs or root verbs assume different forms in each of its parts. The base verb is any word which shows the action.