oversweepv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈswiːp/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈswip/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overswept;

Forms: see over- prefix and sweep v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, sweep v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + sweep v.

transitive. To sweep over or across (a surface, boundary, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)]

thoroughfareeOE

overrunOE

through-goOE

through-gangOE

passc1300

traverse?a1400

go1483

transcur1528

sweep1600

oversweep1612

supermeate1656

percur1835

overmeasure1896

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (one's way) with a rush > rush through or over

run1600

oversweep1612

rush1860

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xiv. 123/1 The Sun to dissolve them, and the winds to ouer-sweepe them.

1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Odes (ed. 3) iii. xiv. 277 Wandering Spartacus o'erswept the Plain.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 14 To see your anger, like our Adrian waves, O'ersweep all bounds.

1839 R. Story Outlaw iv. i. 118 The shadows deepen, as the clouds o'ersweep The almost-meeting crags above our head.

1884 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens i. 9 Wandering tribes..had overswept the country, and recoiled, again and again.

1907 Daily Chron. 14 Sept. 4/4 The crash of bands is overswept by the great rolling wave of cheers from the delighted multitude.

1942 Sci. Monthly Jan. 32 As the ice increased in thickness, it encroached more and more on the flanks of the Adirondacks, till finally it overswept the whole.

2002 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 2 July Select a meeting place away from your home but centrally located between home, work and school—a place unlikely to be flooded, overswept by wildfire, or targeted by terrorists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oversweep
释义	oversweepv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈswiːp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈswip/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overswept; Forms: see over- prefix and sweep v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, sweep v. Etymology: < over- prefix + sweep v. transitive. To sweep over or across (a surface, boundary, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] thoroughfareeOE overrunOE through-goOE through-gangOE passc1300 traverse?a1400 go1483 transcur1528 sweep1600 oversweep1612 supermeate1656 percur1835 overmeasure1896 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (one's way) with a rush > rush through or over run1600 oversweep1612 rush1860 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xiv. 123/1 The Sun to dissolve them, and the winds to ouer-sweepe them. 1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Odes (ed. 3) iii. xiv. 277 Wandering Spartacus o'erswept the Plain. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 14 To see your anger, like our Adrian waves, O'ersweep all bounds. 1839 R. Story Outlaw iv. i. 118 The shadows deepen, as the clouds o'ersweep The almost-meeting crags above our head. 1884 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens i. 9 Wandering tribes..had overswept the country, and recoiled, again and again. 1907 Daily Chron. 14 Sept. 4/4 The crash of bands is overswept by the great rolling wave of cheers from the delighted multitude. 1942 Sci. Monthly Jan. 32 As the ice increased in thickness, it encroached more and more on the flanks of the Adirondacks, till finally it overswept the whole. 2002 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 2 July Select a meeting place away from your home but centrally located between home, work and school—a place unlikely to be flooded, overswept by wildfire, or targeted by terrorists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1612
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