swept

[ swept ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of sweep ¹.

adjective

1. (of a sword guard) made up of curved bars.

swept

/ swɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense of sweep

Other Words From

• un·swept adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of swept¹

First recorded in 1550–60, for the adjective

Example Sentences

It was love baked into grilled cheeses and currents of laughter that swept through the house during unexpected moments of long quiet.

From Los Angeles Times

“A guiding principle for us was capturing the energy of what it feels like to be a teenager and get really swept up in something.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although the final vote totals will be fairly close, Trump won all seven key battleground states, and swept the "blue wall" across the Midwest.

From Salon

Elsewhere, rescue teams searching for the bodies of two young brothers who were swept away in the Valencia floods two weeks ago said their bodies had been found.

From BBC

The so-called ‘haboob’ swept through the valley on Monday afternoon from about 1:30 to 4 p.m., said Emily Wilson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service at Hanford.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• pass
• sail
• tear