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Word entry · 5 letters

sweep

Best crossword clue

"Brush clean"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /swiːp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eepswStarts with SEnds with P2 cluesVery common crossword word
1S2W3E4E5P

Definitions

  1. a movement in an arc

Word origin

From Middle English swepen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipijan (unattested in Old English), from Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną. Cognate with Early Modern West Frisian swiepe (“whip, cleanse, sweep”), from Old Frisian swēpa, suepa (“sweep”). More distantly related to Old Norse sveipa (whence Swedish svepa). See also swoop.

Used in a sentence

  • to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
  • I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
  • The wind sweeps across the plain.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Brush clean5 letters
02Clean with a broom5 letters

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