Plural of sweep
regular plural
The plural of sweep is sweeps.
Forms of sweep
| Singular | sweep /swiːp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sweeps |
| Countable | countable |
Sweeps in a sentence
- The wind sweeps across the plain.
- The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.
- A camera at a Coldplay concert near Boston sweeps the audience and picks out a canoodling couple.2025 July 18, Rory Carroll, “Are they ‘having an affair’ or just shy? The couple caught on Coldplay’s kiss cam”, in Katharine Viner…. From the entry canoodle
- It has been noted that the new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners.2011, Sylvia Bronner Walker, Little Nuggets for Life's Experiences, →ISBN. From the entry a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
- I will appear in a vision to the vergeress who sweeps the floors.1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Saint and the Goblin”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co.…. From the entry vergeress
Meaning of sweep
- verb To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- verb To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- verb To search (a place) methodically.
Questions about the plural of sweep
- What is the plural of sweep?
- The plural of sweep is sweeps.
- Is sweep countable?
- Sweep is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sweep (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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