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For the verb: "to sweep"

Simple Past:	swept
Past Participle:	swept

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

sweep

1. noun
   1. to give sth a ~ donner un coup de balai à qch;
   2. (movement) with a ~ of his arm d'un grand geste du bras;
   3. (of land, woods) étendue f;
   4. (also chimney ~) ramoneur m.

2. transitive verb
   1. balayer (floor, path);
      ramoner (chimney);
   2. (push) to ~ sth off the table faire tomber qch de la table (d'un grand geste de la main);
      to ~ sb off his/her feet figurative faire perdre la tête à qn;
   3. (beam, searchlight) balayer.

3. intransitive verb
   1. (clean) balayer;
   2. to ~ in/out (majestically) entrer/sortir majestueusement.

sweep aside

écarter (person, objection).

sweep up

balayer.

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'sweep' found in these entries:

French:

balai - balayer - emporter - ramoner - ramoneur - ras

sweep: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

sweep		nf	vole (cards)
sweep		v	draguer ⇒
sweep		v	s'engouffrer ⇒ (vent)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
chimney sweep		nm	ramoneur
make a clean sweep		v	ratisser ⇒
sweep along		v	entraîner ⇒ (emporter)
sweep away		v	emporter ⇒ (endommager)
sweep away		v	balayer ⇒ (se débarrasser)
sweep out		v	ramoner ⇒
sweep out		v	balayer ⇒ (coup de balai)
sweep over		v	envahir ⇒ (doute, crainte, etc.)
sweep up		v	balayer ⇒ (poussière)
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"the great sweep of men"
automatic sweep
flow and sweep
Frequence sweep
grand sweep
May I sweep your floor? Where is your broom?
Police sweep
she had taken her hair down from the elegant sweep she had pulled it up into
should it sweep me over
sweep
Sweep ?
Sweep (football)
sweep and chop
sweep clearing the mountain
sweep for bugs
sweep in off
sweep me off my feet
Sweep onto cheeks and all over face (maquillage)
sweep problems under the rug
Sweep the nation
sweep through
sweep under the rug
sweep up pennies and nickels
sweep you off your feet
They sweep their room
Though you sweep the hut in a sand flat, the sand will not disappear
to key, to sweep, to saw, to trombone
To sweep across the floor?
to sweep something under the carpet
to sweep the floor?
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