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onsweeps

onsweeps is the plural of onsweep.

Meaning of onsweep

Noun

onsweep (plural onsweeps)

  1. A rapid arrival, especially one that is forceful.
    • The last bit of blue sky yielded to the onsweep of clouds.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 13, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC

Questions about onsweeps

What is onsweeps the plural of?
Onsweeps is the plural of onsweep.

Words near onsweeps in the dictionary

  1. onsteads
  2. onstream
  3. Onsu
  4. onsweep
  5. onsweeping
  6. onsweeps
  7. ONT
  8. Ont.
  9. ontake
  10. ontaken
  11. ontakes

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