sweeping

noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)

«sweeping» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. tree →
Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes». tree →

In the lessons

in stories, sweepings are the rubbish swept into a corner or thrown out; the adjective means very large in reach

Examples

The sweepings were piled by the door. tree →
She threw the sweepings into the bin. tree →
Something round lay among the sweepings. tree →
The king made sweeping changes to the law. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

The prophets use it for storms of God's anger that sweep away the wicked.

Interpretation. Tradition reads such storms as God's judgment on wrongdoing.

Examples

A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Writings PRO.28.3, JPS 1917) tree →
As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) tree →
Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, a sweeping storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked. (Prophets JER.30.23, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «sweeping» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sweeping» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «sweeping» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sweeping» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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