SWEEP OVER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweep over mean? 

• SWEEP OVER (verb)
  The verb SWEEP OVER has 1 sense:

1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

  Familiarity information: SWEEP OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEEP OVER (verb)

Meaning:

Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

overwhelm; sweep over; whelm; overpower; overcome; overtake

Hypernyms (to "sweep over" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sweep over"):

devastate (overwhelm or overpower)

clutch; get hold of; seize (affect)

kill (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration)

benight (overtake with darkness or night)

knock out (overwhelm with admiration)

stagger (astound or overwhelm, as with shock)

lock (hold fast (in a certain state))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody