sweeper
One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweepingOne who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
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Meaning
15 sensesOne who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
Raumpfleger, Putzfrau, Putzmann
подмета́льщикpodmetálʹščik, подмета́льщицаpodmetálʹščica, убо́рщикubórščik
A detector for mines.
Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
A batsman who plays sweep shots.
A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
A carpet sweeper.
(US, regional)A vacuum cleaner.
(Cebu, including, regional)A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
Examples
6 sentencesWhere did you put the sweeper?
Road sweepers sweep up the litter every morning.
deDie Straßenkehrer sammeln jeden Morgen den Müll ein.
The street sweeper cleaned the road every morning.
deDer Straßenfeger machte jeden Morgen die Straße sauber.
This sweeper is awfully loud.
Tom is a street sweeper.
ruТом - уборщик улиц.
deTom ist Straßenkehrer.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low GFrom Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”, literally “sweeper”).
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Forms
plural: sweepersSynonyms
2 synonyms- a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet:carpet sweeper