| ADJECTIVE | all | sweeping | taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area |
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| all | sweeping, wholesale | ignoring distinctions | |
| NOUN | act | sweeping | the act of cleaning with a broom |
| Sounds | swiy'pihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination. | |
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| Broader | wide, broad | Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other |
| Meaning | ignoring distinctions. | |
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| Example | "sweeping generalizations" | |
| Synonym | wholesale | |
| Broader | indiscriminate | not marked by fine distinctions |
| Spanish | arrollador, masivo | |
| Catalan | a l'engròs, majorista | |
| Adverbs | sweepingly | in a sweeping manner |
| Meaning | The act of cleaning with a broom. | |
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| Broader | cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | The act of making something clean |
| Spanish | barredura, barrido | |
| Catalan | escombrada | |
| Verbs | sweep | sweep with a broom or as if with a broom |
| sweep | clean by sweeping | |
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