HyperDic: swept

English > 1 sense of the word swept:
ADJECTIVEallsweptpossessing sweep
swept > pronunciation
Soundssweh'pt
Rhymesaccept ... windswept: 12 rhymes with ehpt...
English > swept: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningpossessing sweep.
Example"the sleek swept wings of the plane"
Narrowersweptback(especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment
sweptwing(of an aircraft) having sweptback wings
Oppositeunsweptnot swept or having sweep
Spanishde barrido, en flecha

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict