Definition of swept

"swept" in the verb sense

1. brush, sweep

sweep across or over

"Her long skirt brushed the floor"

"A gasp swept cross the audience"

2. sweep, sail

move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

"The diva swept into the room"

"Shreds of paper sailed through the air"

"The searchlights swept across the sky"

3. sweep, broom

sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

"Sweep the crumbs off the table"

"Sweep under the bed"

4. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

"They were swept up by the events"

"don't drag me into this business"

5. cross, traverse, span, sweep

to cover or extend over an area or time period

"Rivers traverse the valley floor"

"The parking lot spans 3 acres"

"The novel spans three centuries"

6. sweep

clean by sweeping

"Please sweep the floor"

7. sweep

win an overwhelming victory in or on

"Her new show dog swept all championships"

8. sweep

cover the entire range of

9. swing, sweep, swing out

make a big sweeping gesture or movement

"swept" in the adjective sense

1. swept

possessing sweep

"the sleek swept wings of the plane"

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Quotations for swept

Fine dressing is a foul house swept before the doors. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Fine dressing is usually a foul house swept before the door. [ Proverb ]

Before decay's effacing fingers have swept the lines where beauty lingers. [ Byron ]

Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away; but Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet. [ Landor ]

Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed; but neither genius nor glory is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout. [ Landor ]

swept in Scrabble®

The word swept is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters swept:

SWEPT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word swept

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In swept

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swept in Words With Friends™

The word swept is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters swept:

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Words within the letters of swept

2 letter words in swept (2 words)

3 letter words in swept (5 words)

4 letter words in swept (8 words)

5 letter words in swept (1 word)

swept + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence swept

Words that start with swept (2 words)

Words with swept in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving swept

Shorter words in swept

we wept

Longer words containing swept

backswept

chimneyswept

outswept

rainswept

reswept

sweptback

underswept

unswept

upswept

windswept