sweeper
part of speech
noun (a sweeper, sweepers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sweeper is a person whose job is to sweep, such as a street sweeper or road sweeper. tree →
2) A sweeper is a machine or tool for sweeping, like a carpet sweeper or a street-cleaning truck. tree →
3) (sport) In football, a sweeper is a defender who plays behind the other defenders to stop attacks. tree →
4) (sport) In curling, a sweeper brushes the ice in front of the stone. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday town life, children see road-sweeper trucks and street sweepers. In PE and football, the sweeper is a position. In history stories, chimney sweeps (also called sweepers) were sometimes small children, which was cruel and was later banned. Phrases: «street sweeper», «road sweeper», «carpet sweeper».
examples
- The street sweeper cleaned up the leaves. tree →
- A big road sweeper drove past with its brushes spinning. tree →
- Nan uses a carpet sweeper on the rug. tree →
- He played as the sweeper in our football team. tree →
- The sweepers brushed the ice in front of the curling stone. tree →
- The sweeper came early to clean the market square. tree →
- The news of Nag’s death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap. tree →
note
Countable. From «sweep» + -er. A «chimney sweep» is usually just called «a sweep», not «a sweeper».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sweeper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.