If each would sweep before the door, we should have a clean city.
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Sweep
//swiːp//
Synonyms for "sweep" (478 found)
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Closest matches (96)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (143)
distancedivagationdivaricationdivergencediversiondodoglegdomedoubledraft lotterydrawingdriftdriftingdriveembowembroilencompassend runengulfenviron
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Related words (239)
pass overpass throughpatrolpedalperambulateperceptionperegrinatepererratepererrationperipheral fieldperipheral visionperspectiveperspicacityperspicuityphotopiapick uppillagepinpointplate raceplunder
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3 entriesTranslations
266 translations across 106 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fshij verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Aleut
1 entries- mitilix verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- καλλύνω verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- κορέω verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- σαρόω verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Ao
1 entries- aok (Chungli) verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Arabic
2 entries- كنس verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- مَسَحَ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Armenian
3 entries- ավլել verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- մաքրել verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- սրբել verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Aromanian
1 entries- metur verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Assamese
2 entries- জৰা verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- সৰা verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- süpürmək verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Bashkir
1 entries- һепереү verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Belarusian
3 entries- месці́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- падмесці́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- падмята́ць verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Breton
1 entries- skubañ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Bulgarian
4 entries- замах noun (single action of sweeping)
- извиване noun (direction or departure from rectilinear line)
- крило noun (blade of a windmill)
- обхват noun (compass of any turning body or of any motion)
Burmese
1 entries- လှည်း verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Catalan
1 entries- escombrar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎬᏃᏌᏍᎦ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Chickasaw
4 entries- piha verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- piha verb (curling: to brush the ice)
- piha verb (to move something as a broom)
- pihli verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 掃 /扫 verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 打掃 /打扫 verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- 掃 /扫 verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Cornish
1 entries- skubya verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Czech
2 entries- zametat verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- zamést verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Danish
2 entries- feje benene væk under noun (type of throw or takedown martial arts)
- feje verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Dutch
3 entries- veeg noun (single action of sweeping)
- doorzoeken verb (to search methodically)
- vegen verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Esperanto
1 entries- balai verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Estonian
1 entries- pühkima verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Finnish
4 entries- airo noun (large oar used to propel and steer small vessels)
- aukeamisalue noun (compass of any turning body or of any motion)
- etsintä noun (methodical search)
- heilahdusalue noun (compass of any turning body or of any motion)
French
4 entries- balayage noun (single action of sweeping)
- balayer verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- balayer verb (to search methodically)
- brosser verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Friulian
1 entries- scovâ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Galician
1 entries- varrer verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Georgian
2 entries- გვა verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- დაგვა verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
German
4 entries- Biegung noun (direction or departure from rectilinear line)
- Brunnenschwengel noun (long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well)
- Fegerbarsch noun (sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae)
- Flügel noun (blade of a windmill)
Greek
2 entries- σαρώνω verb (to search methodically)
- σκουπίζω verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Gujarati
1 entries- વાળવું verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pūlumi verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Hindi
1 entries- सफ़ाई करना verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Hungarian
2 entries- seper verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- söpör verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Icelandic
1 entries- sópa verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Ido
1 entries- balayar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Indonesian
1 entries- menyapu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Irish
2 entries- scuab verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- scuab verb (to move through an arc or similar long stroke)
Italian
4 entries- spazzata noun (single action of sweeping)
- ramazzare verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- scopare verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- setacciare verb (to search methodically)
Japanese
4 entries- 掃く verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- 掃く verb (curling: to brush the ice)
- 掃引する verb (to move through an arc or similar long stroke)
- 掃除する verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Javanese
1 entries- nyapu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Kazakh
1 entries- сыпыру verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Khmer
1 entries- បោស verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Korean
1 entries- 쓸다 verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- шыпыруу verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Lao
1 entries- ກວາດ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Latin
1 entries- ēverrō verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Latvian
1 entries- slaucīt verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Lingala
2 entries- kokombo verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- kombo verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šluoti verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Lombard
1 entries- scovà verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔix̌ʷicut verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Macanese
1 entries- gossô verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Macedonian
1 entries- ме́те verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Malay
1 entries- menyapu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡝᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Mansaka
1 entries- waris verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Middle English
2 entries- swepen verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- swopen verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Mizo
1 entries- phiat verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Mongolian
1 entries- шүүрдэх verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Māori
4 entries- hui noun (sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae)
- puruma verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- tahi verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- tahitahi verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- feie verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Occitan
1 entries- escobar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Old English
1 entries- swāpan verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Old Javanese
1 entries- sapu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Oromo
1 entries- haruu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Persian
3 entries- جارو کردن verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- روبیدن verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- رُفتن verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Polish
2 entries- zamiatać verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- zamieść verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Portuguese
4 entries- rasteira noun (type of throw or takedown martial arts)
- varredura noun (single action of sweeping)
- escovar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- varrer verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Quechua
1 entries- pichay verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Romanian
1 entries- mătura verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Russian
4 entries- мести́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- мча́ться verb (to travel quickly)
- нести́сь verb (to travel quickly)
- подмести́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Samoan
1 entries- salu verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sguab verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mesti verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- pomesti verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- мести verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- помести verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Sherpa
1 entries- པུག verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Slovak
2 entries- zametať verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- zamiesť verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Slovene
1 entries- mesti verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Somali
2 entries- harid verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- xaadhid verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сибирер verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Spanish
3 entries- barrer verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- barrer verb (to search methodically)
- peinar verb (to search methodically)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- sibi verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Swahili
1 entries- fagia verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Swedish
2 entries- sopa verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- svepa verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tajik
1 entries- рӯфтан verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tamil
1 entries- பெருக்கு verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tatar
1 entries- себерергә verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tedim Chin
1 entries- phiat verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Telugu
1 entries- ఊడ్చు verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tetum
1 entries- dasa verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Thai
2 entries- กวาด verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- ปัดถู verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tibetan
1 entries- འཕྱག verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Tongan
1 entries- tafi verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Turkish
1 entries- süpürmek verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Turkmen
1 entries- süpürmek verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Udmurt
1 entries- ӵужыны verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Ukrainian
3 entries- мести́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- підмести́ verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- підміта́ти verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Uyghur
1 entries- سۈپۈرمەك verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Uzbek
1 entries- supurmoq verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Venetan
2 entries- scoar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- scovar verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Vietnamese
2 entries- quét verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- quét dọn verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Volapük
1 entries- svipön verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Welsh
2 entries- sgubo verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- ysgubo verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
Zazaki
3 entries- geznayen verb (to move something as a broom)
- gezı kerden verb (to clean using a broom or brush)
- rotnen verb (curling: to brush the ice)
Sample sentences
42 total sentences available.
You have only to sweep the floor.
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I'll sweep the floor while you wash the dishes.
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The children were assigned to sweep the room.
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