sweep

sweep
swi:p 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb
1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) feie, koste, sope
2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) feie, koste; rive med
3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) gå/feie over; hjemsøke
4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) feie, suse, skride
2. noun
1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) feiing, kosting, soping
2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) feiende bevegelse, sving
3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) (skorsteins)feier
4) (a sweepstake.) lotteri
•
- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up
sope
I
subst. \/swiːp\/
1) feiing, soping, måking
• he gave the room a good sweep
han feide rommet grundig
2) feiende bevegelse, sveip, drag, strøk, kast, sving
3) (skorsteins)feier, gatefeier
4) (i terreng) (lang) strekning, bredt område, lang skråning, lang kurve, lang rad
5) rekkevidde, synsvidde, omfang, spennvidde
6) (sjøfart og militærvesen) paravane, minesveiper, minesveiping, patruljering, finkjemming
7) (sport) storseier, brakseier, erobring, seier i samtlige øvelser
• a sweep of all titles
en fullstendig erobring av alle titler
8) (kortspill) rent bord, slem
9) brønnvippe, styreåre, vindmøllevinge
10) usling, lømmel
at one sweep eller in one sweep på en gang, i ett (eneste) sveip
make a clean sweep gjøre rent bord
(carriage) sweep svinget innkjørsel, svinget oppkjørsel
a sweep of one's hand en feiende håndbevegelse
sweep of shoulder skulderbredde
sweep of the oar åretak
sweeps det som er feid opp
within the sweep of something innen noens rekkevidde
• the eagle was within the sweep of the eye
ørnen var innen synsvidde
II
verb (swept - swept) \/swiːp\/
1) feie, sope
• sweep your chimney regularly to avoid fire
fei pipen regelmessig for å unngå brann
• he swept the dust away
han feide bort støvet
2) (om vær og vind) feie (over), feie langs, suse, fare over, slå, skylle
• the wind swept the coast
vinden feide langs kysten
• a wave swept over det deck
en bølge skylte over dekket
3) (overført) herje, fare herjende frem over, ta med storm, feie (gjennom)
• the epidemic swept the country
epidemien herjet landet
• the pop group swept Britain
popgruppen tok Storbritannia med storm
4) gli raskt, fare over, suse over, komme farende, jage
• the eagle swept down on its pray
ørnen kom farende ned på byttet sitt
• his fingers swept the keys on the piano
fingrene hans for over tangentene på pianoet
5) skride frem, seile frem
• the singer swept on to the platform
sangeren skred frem på podiet
6) (om kyst e.l.) strekke seg, utbre seg, bøye av
• the coast sweeps northwards in a wide curve
kysten bøyer av nordover i en vid bue
7) (også overført) gjennomsøke, sveipe, dregge, feie rent
• they swept the coast for mines
de sveipet kysten etter miner
• the general decided to sweep the country for enemies
generalen bestemte seg for å gjennomsøke landet etter fiender
8) stryke, røre, kjærtegne, gli over (om blikk)
• she swept the bow lightly across the strings of the fiddle
hun strøk buen lett over felestrengene
9) (sport e.l.) vinne overlegent, vinne alle grener, vinne alle klasser
10) (militærvesen) bestryke
• the artillery was placed to sweep the whole field
artilleriet var plassert slik at det kunne bestryke hele slagmarken
be swept off one's feet (overført) bli revet med, bli begeistret, bli tatt med storm bli kastet over ende
sweep along trekke med seg
sweep aside feie\/føyse til side
sweep away eller sweep off sope\/skylle vekk, feie med seg, feie unna (overført også) avskaffe, rydde av veien
sweep clean feie (rent)
sweep down feie ned, feie ut
sweep out feie ut, feie rent
sweep the board gjøre rent bord
sweep up feie opp, skrape sammen
swept of tom for, tømt for

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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