sweptadj.

Brit.

/swɛpt/, U.S.

/swɛpt/

Etymology: past participle of sweep v.

1. In senses of the verb. Also with adverbs, as swept-out; swept-up: spec. of hair, brushed up towards the top of the head. Frequently as the second element of compounds, as air-swept, breeze-swept, bullet-swept, windswept.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [adjective] > brushed or swept

swopen13..

brusheda1475

swept1552

winged1866

the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

roundc1300

ybentc1330

bentc1374

cambera1387

curvate?a1425

curve?a1425

curved?a1425

bowingc1440

crumped1480

bowed1483

bended1495

bowlanda1522

compass?1523

curbed?1541

compassed1551

compassing1576

curvated1598

orbed1598

curving1609

ridgill-backed1611

incurved1623

inflected1646

incurvate1647

curvous1661

incurvated1665

swayed1688

bending1697

circumflex1707

curval1730

sweeping1772

bendy1800

curvatureda1810

curvative1846

hooped1852

swept1903

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style

Frenched1762

stivereda1855

roached1856

wisped1922

marcel-waved1923

windswept1931

picky1935

Jesus1938

upswept1938

swept-up1948

bouffant1955

headphone1965

scraped-back1970

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Swept howse, tersa domus.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 346 Then he fills up the said swept place with Malt cast into a round from the sides.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House v. 34 Groping among the swept-out rubbish for pins and other refuse.

1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco i. 6 Piles of swept-up leaves.

1895 M. Hewlett Earthwork out of Tuscany 12 Gas-lamps in swept streets flickered dirty yellow in the garish light.

1903 Daily Chron. 28 May 7/3 A sword with a ‘swept’ hilt of large proportions.

1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xviii. 217 With her hair swept up and some make-up on, she would look quite different.

1959 News Chron. 18 Aug. 6/7 Swept-up hair styles which straggle down the neck.

1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone vi. 58 She was about five feet six, with butterfly glasses and swept-up hair.

2. Electronics. Of (the frequency of) a signal: increased (or decreased) through a range of values, usually rapidly and repeatedly.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [adjective]

swept1965

1965 Wireless World Aug. 384/1 A random vibration testing technique which was similar to a swept sinewave frequency test except that the single frequency was replaced by a narrow band of noise.

1980 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques 28 792/1 An automated swept-frequency absorption spectrometer.

Compounds

Special collocations:

swept-back adj. Aeronautics (of a wing) having its leading edge angled backwards (cf. sweepback n. at sweep- comb. form 3 and delta wing n. at delta n. Compounds 2); also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [adjective] > types of wing

flappinga1857

cambered1909

swept-back1914

slotted1921

crustacean1928

cranked1939

unswept1946

variable sweep1954

Gothic1959

ogival1962

1914 Aeroplane 26 Feb. 213/2 Swept-back wings with negative tips must always have their centre of side pressure farther back relatively to their centre of lift than normal wings.

1951 Engineering 20 Apr. 474/3 The third type of British swept-back ‘delta’-wing experimental aircraft.

1959 Engineering 16 Jan. 95/1 At each side of the column just below the engine are ‘swept back’ service ducts extending to the cell walls.

1976 B. Jackson Flameout x. 169 Fast aircraft with swept-back wings are susceptible to dutch rolls.

swept valley n. [valley n. 4] Building (see quot. 1964).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > valley or groove

valley1690

cullis1838

swept valley1926

laced valley1929

1926 G. Allen Smaller House of Today vi. 96 Swept valleys are very suitable for slated and stone roofs.

1951 N. Wymer Village Life iii. 64 A particularly unusual feature of the Cotswold roof is the ‘swept valley’.

1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 326 Swept valley, a valley formed of shingles, slates, or tiles cut or made to a taper so as to eliminate the need for a flexible-metal valley. A tile-and-a-half tile is used and cut to shape so that its tail is narrower than its head.

swept volume n. Mechanics the volume through which a piston or plunger moves as it makes a stroke.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > piston > [noun] > volume through which piston moves

displacement1897

swept volume1918

1918 W. E. Dommett Dict. Aircraft 45 Swept Volume. The volume swept by the piston equals area of piston multiplied by the stroke.

1930 Flight 24 Jan. 144/2 The engine is of the five-cylinder radial type of 150 cub. ins. swept volume.

1971 B. Scharf Engin. & its Lang. xiii. 193 Volumetric efficiency. This is the ratio of the actual volume discharged [from a pump] (capacity) to the displacement or swept volume of the cylinder(s).

swept wing n. Aeronautics a swept-back wing; frequently attributive; also as n., a swept-wing aircraft.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with swept wings

swept wing1947

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > types of wing

gull wing1932

shoulder wing1941

delta wing1946

swept wing1947

ogee wing1960

1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 15/2 Whether or not the delta wing is a better compromise than the swept wing..must await the verdict of appropriate researches.

1955 Times 25 June 6/2 The R.A.F.'s latest type of Hawker Hunter swept-wing fighter, the Mark IV, is being used for the first time.

1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports i. 9/2 In between are swallow-tails, swept-wings without tails and even the occasional biplane.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	swept
释义	sweptadj. Brit. /swɛpt/, U.S. /swɛpt/ Etymology: past participle of sweep v. 1. In senses of the verb. Also with adverbs, as swept-out; swept-up: spec. of hair, brushed up towards the top of the head. Frequently as the second element of compounds, as air-swept, breeze-swept, bullet-swept, windswept. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [adjective] > brushed or swept swopen13.. brusheda1475 swept1552 winged1866 the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] crooked?c1225 roundc1300 ybentc1330 bentc1374 cambera1387 curvate?a1425 curve?a1425 curved?a1425 bowingc1440 crumped1480 bowed1483 bended1495 bowlanda1522 compass?1523 curbed?1541 compassed1551 compassing1576 curvated1598 orbed1598 curving1609 ridgill-backed1611 incurved1623 inflected1646 incurvate1647 curvous1661 incurvated1665 swayed1688 bending1697 circumflex1707 curval1730 sweeping1772 bendy1800 curvatureda1810 curvative1846 hooped1852 swept1903 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style Frenched1762 stivereda1855 roached1856 wisped1922 marcel-waved1923 windswept1931 picky1935 Jesus1938 upswept1938 swept-up1948 bouffant1955 headphone1965 scraped-back1970 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Swept howse, tersa domus. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 346 Then he fills up the said swept place with Malt cast into a round from the sides. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House v. 34 Groping among the swept-out rubbish for pins and other refuse. 1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco i. 6 Piles of swept-up leaves. 1895 M. Hewlett Earthwork out of Tuscany 12 Gas-lamps in swept streets flickered dirty yellow in the garish light. 1903 Daily Chron. 28 May 7/3 A sword with a ‘swept’ hilt of large proportions. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xviii. 217 With her hair swept up and some make-up on, she would look quite different. 1959 News Chron. 18 Aug. 6/7 Swept-up hair styles which straggle down the neck. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone vi. 58 She was about five feet six, with butterfly glasses and swept-up hair. 2. Electronics. Of (the frequency of) a signal: increased (or decreased) through a range of values, usually rapidly and repeatedly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [adjective] swept1965 1965 Wireless World Aug. 384/1 A random vibration testing technique which was similar to a swept sinewave frequency test except that the single frequency was replaced by a narrow band of noise. 1980 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques 28 792/1 An automated swept-frequency absorption spectrometer. Compounds Special collocations: swept-back adj. Aeronautics (of a wing) having its leading edge angled backwards (cf. sweepback n. at sweep- comb. form 3 and delta wing n. at delta n. Compounds 2); also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [adjective] > types of wing flappinga1857 cambered1909 swept-back1914 slotted1921 crustacean1928 cranked1939 unswept1946 variable sweep1954 Gothic1959 ogival1962 1914 Aeroplane 26 Feb. 213/2 Swept-back wings with negative tips must always have their centre of side pressure farther back relatively to their centre of lift than normal wings. 1951 Engineering 20 Apr. 474/3 The third type of British swept-back ‘delta’-wing experimental aircraft. 1959 Engineering 16 Jan. 95/1 At each side of the column just below the engine are ‘swept back’ service ducts extending to the cell walls. 1976 B. Jackson Flameout x. 169 Fast aircraft with swept-back wings are susceptible to dutch rolls. swept valley n. [valley n. 4] Building (see quot. 1964). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > valley or groove valley1690 cullis1838 swept valley1926 laced valley1929 1926 G. Allen Smaller House of Today vi. 96 Swept valleys are very suitable for slated and stone roofs. 1951 N. Wymer Village Life iii. 64 A particularly unusual feature of the Cotswold roof is the ‘swept valley’. 1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 326 Swept valley, a valley formed of shingles, slates, or tiles cut or made to a taper so as to eliminate the need for a flexible-metal valley. A tile-and-a-half tile is used and cut to shape so that its tail is narrower than its head. swept volume n. Mechanics the volume through which a piston or plunger moves as it makes a stroke. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > piston > [noun] > volume through which piston moves displacement1897 swept volume1918 1918 W. E. Dommett Dict. Aircraft 45 Swept Volume. The volume swept by the piston equals area of piston multiplied by the stroke. 1930 Flight 24 Jan. 144/2 The engine is of the five-cylinder radial type of 150 cub. ins. swept volume. 1971 B. Scharf Engin. & its Lang. xiii. 193 Volumetric efficiency. This is the ratio of the actual volume discharged [from a pump] (capacity) to the displacement or swept volume of the cylinder(s). swept wing n. Aeronautics a swept-back wing; frequently attributive; also as n., a swept-wing aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with swept wings swept wing1947 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > types of wing gull wing1932 shoulder wing1941 delta wing1946 swept wing1947 ogee wing1960 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 15/2 Whether or not the delta wing is a better compromise than the swept wing..must await the verdict of appropriate researches. 1955 Times 25 June 6/2 The R.A.F.'s latest type of Hawker Hunter swept-wing fighter, the Mark IV, is being used for the first time. 1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports i. 9/2 In between are swallow-tails, swept-wings without tails and even the occasional biplane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1552
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