HyperDic: sweeper

English > 3 senses of the word sweeper:
NOUNperson sweeperan employee who sweeps / sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
artifactsweeper, carpet sweepera cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
animalsweeperlittle-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
sweeper > pronunciation
Soundsswiy'per
Rhymesasper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per...
English > sweeper: 3 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningAn employee who sweeps / sweeps (floors or streets etc.).
BroaderemployeeA worker who is hired to perform a job
Spanishbarrendero
Verbssweepsweep with a broom or as if with a broom
sweepclean by sweeping
English > sweeper: 3 senses > noun 2, artifact
MeaningA cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet.
Synonymcarpet sweeper
Broadercleaning implement, cleaning device, cleaning equipmentAny of a large class of implements used for cleaning
Spanishbarredera
Catalanmàquina d'escombrar
Verbssweepsweep with a broom or as if with a broom
sweepclean by sweeping
English > sweeper: 3 senses > noun 3, animal
Meaninglittle-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body.
Member ofPempheridae, family Pempheridaesweepers
Broaderteleost fish, teleost, teleostanA bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

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