sweep+along

  • 61troll — Synonyms and related words: Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Echidna, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, advance, angle, anthem, bait the hook, ballad, bob,… …

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  • 62trundle — Synonyms and related words: advance, bowl, bunt, butt, drive, forward, furl, impel, move, pedal, pole, propel, push, roll, roll up, row, shove, shunt, sweep, sweep along, thrust, treadle, troll …

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  • 63flow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. run, glide, trickle, stream, sweep along; circulate; issue. See motion, water, fluidity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. current, movement, progress, stream, tide, run, river, flood, ebb, gush, spurt,… …

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  • 64swoop — verb 1》 (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air.     ↘carry out a sudden raid. 2》 informal seize with a sweeping motion. noun an act of swooping. Phrases at (or in) one fell swoop see fell4. Origin C16 (in the sense sweep… …

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  • 65swoop — [swo͞op] vt. [ME swopen < OE swapan, to sweep along, rush, akin to Ger schweifen, ON sveipa: see SWIFT] to snatch or seize suddenly, with a sweeping movement: often with up, off, or away vi. to descend suddenly and swiftly, as a bird in… …

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  • 66Scour — (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[ u]ren, D. schuren, schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf. {Cure}.] 1. To rub hard… …

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  • 67Scoured — Scour Scour (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[ u]ren, D. schuren, schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf. {Cure}.] 1. To …

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  • 68Scouring — Scour Scour (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[ u]ren, D. schuren, schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf. {Cure}.] 1. To …

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  • 69Scouring barrel — Scour Scour (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[ u]ren, D. schuren, schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf. {Cure}.] 1. To …

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  • 70Scouring cinder — Scour Scour (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[ u]ren, D. schuren, schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf. {Cure}.] 1. To …

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