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backswept

backswept adjective: swept back.

Adjective

backswept (comparative more backswept, superlative most backswept)

  1. Swept back.
    • “I love to be backstage and in the background,” she said as she slicked a dab of pomade into the model’s backswept hair.2009 February 19, Ruth La Ferla, “Sculpturing Strands”, in New York Times

Forms of backswept

comparativemore backswept
superlativemost backswept

Origin of backswept

From back + swept.

Questions about backswept

What does backswept mean?
Backswept means swept back.
What part of speech is backswept?
Backswept is an adjective.

Words near backswept in the dictionary

  1. backstromite
  2. Backstroms
  3. backswamp
  4. backswamps
  5. backsweeten
  6. backswept
  7. backswimmer
  8. backswimmers
  9. backswimming
  10. backswing
  11. backswinging

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