Dictionary Entry
sweeping
sweeping is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sweep. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Sweep
- 2adjective
Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
- 3noun
the act of cleaning with a broom
- 4adjective
ignoring distinctions
"sweeping generalizations"
"wholesale destruction"
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- 5adjective
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"
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