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# sweeping

noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)

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

## Everyday

1. Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#m1)
2. Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, sweepings are the rubbish swept into a corner or thrown out; the adjective means very large in reach

### Examples

- The sweepings were piled by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x1)
- She threw the sweepings into the bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x2)
- Something round lay among the sweepings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x3)
- The king made sweeping changes to the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweeping/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

The prophets use it for storms of God's anger that sweep away the wicked.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads such storms as God's judgment on wrongdoing.

### Examples

- A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Writings PRO.28.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x1)
- As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x2)
- Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, a sweeping storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked. (Prophets JER.30.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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