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For the verb: "to sweep"

Simple Past:	swept
Past Participle:	swept

Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

sweep /swiːp/ noun scopata f, spazzata f;
(curve) curva f;
(movement) movimento m ampio;
make a clean ~ fig fare piazza pulita verb (pt/pp swept) transitive verb scopare, spazzare;
‹wind› spazzare;
~ the board fare piazza pulita intransitive verb (go swiftly) andare rapidamente;
‹wind› soffiare ■ sweep aside transitive verb ignorare ‹objection› ■ sweep away transitive verb fig spazzare via ■ sweep up transitive verb spazzare

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'sweep' found in these entries:

English:

chimney-sweep - swept

Italian:

piazza - scopare - scopata - spazzacamino - spazzare - travolgere

sweep: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

sweep		(chimneysweeper)	spazzacamino nm
sweep		(card game - sweep)	sweep nm
sweep		portare via	travolgere v
sweep		(to be swept up by events)	essere presi dagli avvenimenti v
sweep		(to sweep (the floor)) scopare	spazzare v
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
chimney sweep	n	historical (sb employed to clean chimneys)	spazzacamino nm
Children were often employed as chimney sweeps because they were small enough to climb up narrow chimneys.
Lo spazzacamino è un mestiere ormai scomparso.
sweep across		con andatura maestosa	passare attraverso
sweep along			trascinare
sweep away			trascinare via, spazzare via
sweep out			spazzare
sweep up			spazzare, raccogliere
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'sweep' in the title:
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A sweep of sunlit green and yellow
bomb sweep
encompassing the broad sweep of policy
I'll approach in a sweep pattern
sweep
Sweep (sport)
sweep along
Sweep and clear kind of thing
sweep forward like waves
sweep in
sweep me off my heels
sweep one's way
Sweep someone off his/her feet
Sweep to power
the first sweep of the mains
To sweep heaven and earth

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