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Meaning of "well sweep" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WELL SWEEP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELL SWEEP

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Well sweep is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WELL SWEEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

well sweep

Shadoof

A shadoof or shaduf is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and commonly called a well pole, well sweep or simply a sweep in the United States. The shadoof was originally developed in Ancient Egypt, and appears on a Sargonid seal of c.2000 BC. It is still used in many areas of Africa and Asia to draw water. They remain quite common in Hungary's Great Plain, where they are known as "gémeskút" and symbols of the region.

Definition of well sweep in the English dictionary

The definition of well sweep in the dictionary is a device for raising buckets from and lowering them into a well, consisting of a long pivoted pole, the bucket being attached to one end by a long rope.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELL SWEEP

well
well advised
well and good
well disposed
well dressing
well I never
well in
well oiled
well turned out
well up in
well water
well-accepted
well-accustomed
well-acquainted
well-acted
well-adapted
well-adjusted
well-advertised
well-advised
well-affected

WORDS THAT END LIKE WELL SWEEP

beweep
chimney sweep
clean sweep
ensweep
outsweep
outweep
peesweep
sweep
upsweep
variable-sweep
weep

Synonyms and antonyms of well sweep in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «well sweep» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WELL SWEEP

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Translator English - Chinese

以及扫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

así barrer
570 millions of speakers

English

well sweep
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अच्छी तरह झाडू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كذلك اكتساح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хорошо подметать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bem varrer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভালভাবে ঝরঝরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bien balayer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyapu dengan baik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gut fegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

よくスイープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘 청소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uga nyapu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cũng quét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நன்றாக துடைக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तसेच स्वीप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iyi süpür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bene spazzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobrze zamiatać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

добре підмітати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bine matura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

και σαρώνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goed sweep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väl sopa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vel feie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of well sweep

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL SWEEP»

The term «well sweep» is used very little and occupies the 174.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL SWEEP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about well sweep

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELL SWEEP»

Discover the use of well sweep in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to well sweep and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Farms and Foods of Garden State: A New Jersey Cookbook
Soon Rodale Press, the publisher of natural lifestyle books and periodicals, took an interest in Well- Sweep and did several articles and a film on them. Cyrus doesn't see this as the fruit of his efforts though. "The Lord has blessed us with free ...
Brian Yarvin, 2005
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A School Named for Thoreau
We knew that at least one of these houses has a well sweep in its back yard and we set off to look at it. We parked on Huguenot Street, located the well sweep, behind one of the old stone houses, and examined it carefully. We decided that it  ...
Karl Rodman, 2013
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Dictionary of Petroleum Exploration, Drilling & Production, ...
It is mixed in the slug pit that is usually the suction tank, the last mud tank before drilling mud is pumped down the well. sweep-frequency explosion a string of small explosions that are detonated as a seismic source swaging tool | Swell sweep ...
Norman Hyne Ph.D., 2014
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Writing on Water
"No, the system — this well sweep. You were right!" "The muck's pretty slick, too. My hands feel great. Maybe we should market this stuff!" Wait. Did he say I was right? Don't tell me, after twenty years of marriage, we're finally learning to work ...
David Rothenberg, Marta Ulvaeus, 2002
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Exploring Gardens & Green Spaces: From Connecticut to the ...
If you thought there was only one kind of rosemary, then you might consider the other sixty-two cultivars and hybrids that Well-Sweep carries. If you would like a change from the more common varieties of French marigold, try the Minted ...
Magda Salvesen, 2011
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Say what I Am Called: The Old English Riddles of the Exeter ...
Early critics suggested that the riddle described a draw-well, but the solution 'well -sweep,' first proposed by Ferdinand Holthausen in 1894, more ac- curately meets all the conditions of the riddle.3 According to the OED, a well-sweep is an  ...
Dieter Bitterli, 2009
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Over the Teacups
The first object to which my eyes were drawn was an old-fashioned well-sweep. It did not take much imaginative sensibility to be stirred by the sight of this most useful, most ancient, most picturesque, of domestic conveniences. I know ...
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 2004
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Deep Words: Miura Baien's System of Natural Philosophy
2.32 Let us turn to the case of a well sweep. When it is still it is steady and upright , there is no indication of movement, when it moves it revolves, and forms a circle. Then of its own accord it returns to be still. Again, see how a foot mortar moves, ...
Baien Miura, Rosemary Mercer, 1991
9
New Terms for New Ideas: Western Knowledge and Lexical ...
In the Zhuangzi 3£~F we find a passage depicting the ancient swape or well- sweep (jiegao tp^ , see Figure 2) which illustrates quite well the meanings of ji and xie, their relationship, and even uses the two words together in a compound:  ...
Michael Lackner, Iwo Amelung, Joachim Kurtz, 2001
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Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh
There was a well sweep in front of the western elevation of the headquarters. The picture dates from between 1914 and 1934- It was in 1914 that the well sweep was constructed, and it was replaced in 1930 and again in 1934- The well sweep  ...
A. J. Schenkman, 2008

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELL SWEEP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term well sweep is used in the context of the following news items.
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Water watch
The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has now completed its water well sweep of the Willcox Basin, which took place from December 2014 ... «Willcox Range News, Feb 15»
2
ADWR well sweep concludes soon
WILLCOX -- The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is continuing its water well sweep which started in this area at the beginning of last month. «Willcox Range News, Jan 15»
3
Water well sweep begins
From now through January, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) will be conducting its promised sweep of water wells throughout Cochise and ... «Willcox Range News, Dec 14»
4
Hyper Blues focus on clean-sweep
"Thinking about it now, I don't think it's going to be real good," Gallen said of the ... for his very blood, then the Blues might as well sweep their leg as they do so. «NRL.COM, Jun 14»

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