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# sweeper

noun (a sweeper, sweepers)

«sweeper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sweeper is a person whose job is to sweep, such as a street sweeper or road sweeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#m1)
2. A sweeper is a machine or tool for sweeping, like a carpet sweeper or a street-cleaning truck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#m2)
3. (sport) In football, a sweeper is a defender who plays behind the other defenders to stop attacks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#m3)
4. (sport) In curling, a sweeper brushes the ice in front of the stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday town life, children see road-sweeper trucks and street sweepers. In PE and football, the sweeper is a position. In history stories, chimney sweeps (also called sweepers) were sometimes small children, which was cruel and was later banned. Phrases: «street sweeper», «road sweeper», «carpet sweeper».

### Examples

- The street sweeper cleaned up the leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x1)
- A big road sweeper drove past with its brushes spinning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x2)
- Nan uses a carpet sweeper on the rug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x3)
- He played as the sweeper in our football team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x4)
- The sweepers brushed the ice in front of the curling stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x5)
- The sweeper came early to clean the market square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x6)
- The news of Nag’s death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/#x7)

### Note

Countable. From «sweep» + -er. A «chimney sweep» is usually just called «a sweep», not «a sweeper».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sweeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sweeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sweeper.html) on Mova free.