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mineswept

mineswept is the past participle of minesweep.

Meaning of minesweep

Verb (1)

minesweep (third-person singular simple present minesweeps, present participle minesweeping, simple past and past participle mineswept or minesweeped)

  1. To sweep for mines.
  2. (UK, slang) To consume the unfinished drinks of other patrons.

Verb (2)

minesweep (third-person singular simple present minesweeps, present participle minesweeping, simple past and past participle mineswept or minesweeped)

  1. To click or hover the cursor over inconspicuous areas to find a hidden link.

Questions about mineswept

What is mineswept the past participle of?
Mineswept is the past participle of minesweep.

Words near mineswept in the dictionary

  1. minesweeper
  2. minesweepers
  3. minesweeping
  4. minesweepings
  5. minesweeps
  6. mineswept
  7. Minett
  8. minette
  9. minettes
  10. Minety
  11. minever

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mineswept (page history and authors); minesweep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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