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. — Esperantostern
The street sweeper cleaned the road every morning.
deDer Straßenfeger machte jeden Morgen die Straße sauber. — Waldelfe
This sweeper is awfully loud.
Tom is a street sweeper.
ruТом - уборщик улиц. — Selena777
deTom ist Straßenkehrer. — Esperantostern
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