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insweeping

insweeping adjective: sweeping inward.

Adjective

insweeping (not comparable)

  1. Sweeping inward.
    • The sluggish Avon, now battling for hours with the encroaching tide, contesting every foot with the insweeping invader, until its fury is spent, and then pressing it back in triumph to the sea, is but a very sorry picture of the rush and roar of the clear waters of our noble river.1895, Canniff Haight, Here and there in the home land, page 86

Questions about insweeping

What does insweeping mean?
Insweeping means sweeping inward.
What part of speech is insweeping?
Insweeping is an adjective.

Words near insweeping in the dictionary

  1. inswathe
  2. inswathed
  3. inswathes
  4. inswathing
  5. insweep
  6. insweeping
  7. insweeps
  8. inswept
  9. inswing
  10. inswinger
  11. inswingers

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