sweeping

«sweeping» in Mova's school dictionary: the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. tree →

2) Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes». tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, sweepings are the rubbish swept into a corner or thrown out; the adjective means very large in reach

examples

• The sweepings were piled by the door. tree →
• She threw the sweepings into the bin. tree →
• Something round lay among the sweepings. tree →
• The king made sweeping changes to the law. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
• A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sweeping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.