Oxford Basic American Dictionary полностью

sweep up ; sweep something up to remove dirt, dust, or garbage using a brush I swept up the broken glass.

SWeet Фу swit / adjective ( sweet er , sweet - est )

containing or tasting of sugar Honey is sweet.

having or showing a kind character It was sweet of you to help me.

with a good smell the sweet smell of roses

sweet • en / switn / verb ( sweet ens , sweet en - ing , sweet - ened )

to make something sweet The tea is sweetened with sugar.

sweet • heart / ' swithart / noun [ singular ]

a word that you use when speaking to a person that you love; Do you want a drink, sweetheart?

sweet • ly / ' switli / adverb in a pretty, kind, or nice way She smiled sweetly.

sweet po • ta • to / ' swit pa|teitou /

[ count, noncount ] ( plural sweet po - ta - toes )

a vegetable that looks like a red potato, but that is orange inside and tastes sweet

—Look at the picture at vegetable . swell / swel / verb

( swells , swell - ing , swelled , has swol - len

/ ' swoulan / or has swelled )

swell up to become bigger or thicker than normal

After he hurt his ankle, it began to swell up.

—Look at the picture at swollen 2 .

swell • ing / ' swelig / noun

[count]

( HEALTH ) a place on the body that is bigger or fatter than it usually is

The fall caused a swelling on my knee.

swept

form of sweep

swerve / swarv / verb

( swerves , swerv - ing , swerved )

to change direction suddenly so that you do not hit someone or something

The driver swerved when he saw the child in the road.

swift / swift / adjective ( swift - er , swift - est )

quick or fast

We made a swift decision.

swift • ly / ' swiftli / adverb She ran swiftly up the stairs.

swim Ф / swim / verb ( swims , swim - ming , swam / swam / has swum / swAm / ) to move your body through water Can you swim? I swam across the lake.

swimnoun [ singular ] Let's go for a swim.

swim • mer / ' swimar / noun [count]

He's a good swimmer.

swim • ming / swimig / noun

[noncount]

the sport or activity of swimming Swimming is my favorite sport. I go swimming every day.

swim • ming pool / swimig pul / ( also pool ) noun [ count ]

a place that is built for people to swim in an indoor swimming pool

swim • suit / ' swimsut / noun [ count ]

a piece of clothing that you wear to go swimming —SYNONYM bathing suit , ^Look at the picture at snorkel .

swim trunks / ' swim trAgks / ( also swim - ming trunks / ' swimig trAgks / ) noun [ plural ]

short pants that a man or boy wears for swimming a pair of swim trunks

— Look at the picture at dive .

swi ng 1 / swig / verb

( swings , swing - ing , swung / swAg / has swung )

to move backward and forward or from side to side through the air; to make someone or something do this Monkeys were swinging from the trees.

He swung his arms as he walked.

to move in a curve The door swung open.

swing2/ swig / noun [ count]

swol • len 1

form of swell

swol • len 2

/ swoulan / adjective ( HEALTH ) (used about a part of the body) thicker or fatter than it usually is a swollen ankle The verb is swell .

a seat that hangs down and that children can sit on to move backward and forward through the air

swipe / swaip / verb ( swipes , swip - ing , swiped ) ( informal )

( informal ) to steal something

to hit or try to hit something by swinging your arm He swiped at the ball and missed.

to pass a plastic card that has information on it through a machine that can read it

Swipe your credit card here to pay.

switch i Ф / switjv

noun [ count ] ( plural switch - es )