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Where does “swept” come from?

swept (English): simple past tense and past participle of sweep

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sweep

Words derived from “swept”

  • windswept
  • unswept
  • upswept
  • rainswept
  • sweptback
  • backswept
  • sunswept
  • snowswept
  • sweptwing
  • seaswept
  • inswept