WIDE vs SWEEPING: NOUN
- That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
- Wideness; breadth; extent.
- That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
- A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.
- In cricket, a ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts one against the side that is bowling.
- An instance of sweeping.
- In bookbinding, the bits of gold-leaf gathered up by the cotton cloth that is used to remove the surplus gold of a gilded book.
- The activity of sweeping.
- In printing, the waste paper swept up from the floor of a press-room.
- Specifically— In stereotyping and electrotyping, the bits of metal thrown on the floor by sawing- and planing-machines.
- The act of one who or that which sweeps, in any sense; also, the result of such act.
- Things swept up; refuse.
- The action of one that sweeps.
- The act of cleaning with a broom
- Plural Whatever is gathered together by or as by sweeping; rubbish; refuse.
WIDE vs SWEEPING: ADJECTIVE
- Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive.
- Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- Not on target
- Having ample fabric
- Very large in expanse or scope
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- Great in range or scope
- Broad in scope or content
- Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad
- Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad.
- Having great extent or range; including much or many.
- Fully open or extended.
- To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
- Outside.
- Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.
- Deviating or straying from something expected or specified.
- Lax.
- Having a specified extent from side to side.
- Large in scope.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- See the Note under Cauge, 6.
- See under Far.
- Great in degree
- Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length.
- Remote; distant; far.
- Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad.
- Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc..
- Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13-15.
- Completely overwhelming
- Wide, broad, affecting many things
- Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things
- Overwhelming; complete.
- Indiscriminate; wholesale.
- Moving in or as if in a wide curve.
- Having wide-ranging influence or effect.
- Having broad range or effect
- Ignoring distinctions
- Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
WIDE vs SWEEPING: VERB
- N/A
- Present participle of sweep.
WIDE vs SWEEPING: ADVERB
- To the fullest extent possible
- With or by a broad space
- To or over a great extent or range; far
- So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
- So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
- Over a great distance; extensively.
- To the full extent; completely.
- Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area.
- To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent.
- Far from the intended target
- N/A
WIDE vs SWEEPING: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Having (a certain or specified) extension as measured from side to side; having (a specified) width or breadth: as, cloth a yard wide.
- Of great horizontal extent; spacious; extensive; vast; great: as, the wide ocean.
- Embracing many subjects; looking at a question from many points of view; applicable to many cases: as, a person of wide culture.
- Capacious; bulging; loose; voluminous.
- Far
- To or over a great extent or range
- Distended; expanded; spread apart; hence, open.
- Having relatively great or considerable extension from side to side; broad: as, wide cloth; a wide hall: opposed to narrow.
- Amiss; unfortunate; ill; bad; hence, of little avail; useless.
- In phonetics, uttered with a comparatively relaxed or expanded condition of the walls of the buccal cavity: said by some phonetists of certain vowels, as ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ, when compared with ā, ē, â, ė.
- Synonyms Wide, Broad, spacious, large, ample. Wide and broad may be synonymous, but broad is generally the larger and more emphatic: a wide river is not thought of as so far across as a broad river. Wide is sometimes more applicable to that which is to be passed through: as, a wide mouth or aperture. It is another way of stating this fact to say that wide has more in mind than broad the limiting sides of the thing. Wide is also more generally applicable to that of which the length is much greater than the width, but not to the exclusion of broad. Each may in a secondary sense be used of length and breadth: as, broad acres; a wide domain.
- To make wide; spread or set far apart.
- To a distance; afar; widely; a long way; abroad; extensively.
- Away or to one side of the mark, aim, purpose, or direct line; hence, astray.
- Round about; in the neighborhood around.
- Apart or remote from a specified point; distant; hence, remote from the direct line or object aimed at; too far or too much to one side; deviating; errant; wild: as, a wide arrow in archery; a wide ball in cricket.
- Carrying everything before it; overwhelming: as, a sweeping majority.
- Including or comprehending many individuals or particulars in a single act or assertion; comprehensive; all-including: as, a sweeping charge; a sweeping declaration.
- Often used in combination
WIDE vs SWEEPING: RELATED WORDS
- Beamy, Extended, Fanlike, Panoramic, Extensive, Ample, Thick, Big, Full, Sweeping, Encompassing, Large, Open, Deep, Broad
- Resounding, Raging, Momentous, Drastic, Radical, Massive, Dramatic, Far reaching, Wholesale, Indiscriminate, Extensive, Moving, Wide, Comprehensive, Broad
WIDE vs SWEEPING: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Beamy, Extended, Fanlike, Panoramic, Extensive, Ample, Thick, Big, Full, Sweeping, Encompassing, Large, Open, Deep, Broad
- Resounding, Raging, Momentous, Drastic, Radical, Massive, Dramatic, Far reaching, Wholesale, Indiscriminate, Extensive, Moving, Wide, Comprehensive, Broad
WIDE vs SWEEPING: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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