sweepings – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sweepings
n.
dust and dirt that has been swept up with a broom
Sweepings
sweeping
Noun
1. the act of cleaning with a broom
(hypernym) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(derivation) sweep
Adjective
1. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
(similar) wide, broad
2. ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
(synonym) wholesale
(similar) indiscriminate
3. having broad range or effect; "had extensive press coverage"; "far-reaching changes in the social structure"; "sweeping reforms"
(synonym) extensive, far-reaching
(similar) comprehensive
Sweepings
(n. pl.)
Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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sweepings
Synonyms and related words:
afterglow, afterimage, balance, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, hogwash, holdover, husks, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, shadow, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, straw, stubble, stump, survival, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.