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# sweeping

«sweeping» in Mova's school dictionary: **the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#m1)

2) Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, sweepings are the rubbish swept into a corner or thrown out; the adjective means very large in reach

### examples

- The sweepings were piled by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x1)
- She threw the sweepings into the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x2)
- Something round lay among the sweepings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x3)
- The king made sweeping changes to the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.417/)
- [A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.807/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sweeping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.