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sweeping

noun

1 sweeping

The act of cleaning with a broom.

Polish: zamiatanie

adjective

1 sweeping

Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination.

Roget 78: general, generic, collective; broad, comprehensive, sweeping; encyclopedical, widespread etc. (dispersed) 73.    universal; catholic, catholical; ... show more

Roget 52: complete, entire; whole etc. 50; perfect etc. 650; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, ... show more

Polish: zamaszysty

2 sweeping

Ignoring distinctions:
— Sweeping generalizations.

synonym: wholesale.

Roget 50: whole, total, integral, entire; complete etc. 52; one, individual.    unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: absolute, across the board, across-the-board, aleatoric, aleatory, all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, amorphous, blanket, blobby, blurred, blurry, born, broad, broad-based, cataclysmic ... show more.

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sweepings

noun

Roget 645: inutility; uselessness etc. adj.; inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, ... show more

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: afterglow, afterimage, balance, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil ... show more.

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