sweeper
sweeper Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person whose occupation is to clean floors, streets, or chimneys by brushing away dirt, dust, or soot.
"The street sweeper began his shift at dawn to clear the fallen leaves from the pavement."
A manual or mechanical device, such as a carpet sweeper, vacuum cleaner, or specialized municipal vehicle, used for cleaning floors or roads.
"She ran a lightweight carpet sweeper over the dining room rug to pick up the crumbs."
In soccer, a defensive player positioned behind the main line of defenders to intercept through balls and clear danger from the goal area.
"The coach switched to a formation using a sweeper to counter the opposing team's fast strikers."
Any of various small, nocturnal marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, native to tropical and subtropical reefs of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans, characterized by large eyes, a deep compressed body, and a single dorsal fin.
"During the afternoon dive, we observed a dense school of coppery sweepers sheltering beneath a coral overhang."
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