# sweep

## Anglais

### Étymologie

    Du vieil anglais swapan.

### Nom commun

sweep \swiːp\

* Ramoneur.
   * Chim-chimney, chim-chimney, chim chim cheree - A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be. — (Robert Stevenson, Mary Poppins, film de 1964)

**Synonymes**

* chimney sweep

### Verbe

sweep \swiːp\

* Balayer.
   * I swept the floor

    J'ai balayé le sol
* Accaparer.
   * The film swept the Oscars.
   * Nevertheless, the win was so sweeping that Solidarity gained effective control of the government. — (Naomi Klein, The shock doctrine, Penguin Books, 2008)

**Dérivés**

* windswept (éventé)
