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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What is swept foot, swept neck means ?

I am studying silver antiques recently. I saw one introduction has this sentence:

The bulbous, swept knopped style body has a swept neck.

The claret jug has a circular swept foot.

Would you tell me what is mean by "swept" here? What is a swept neck, swept foot?

Thanks a lot!
  

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It sounds like the writer was in love with the word "swept". w=sweep&ls=b ). The word derives from the intransitive verb "sweep", which means "To extend gracefully, especially in a long curve: The hills sweep down to the sea.

— Enoon

  • It sounds like the writer was in love with the word "swept".
  • w=sweep&ls=b ).
  • The word derives from the intransitive verb "sweep", which means "To extend gracefully, especially in a long curve: The hills sweep down to the sea.
  • " Other dictionaries I looked at on line do not list this rather figurative definition.
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It sounds like the writer was in love with the word "swept". This website will not let me link to the American Heritage Dictionary, but you can get to it through Onelook ( http://www.onelook.com/?w=sweep&ls=b ). The word derives from the intransitive verb "sweep", w
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enoonIt sounds like the writer was in love with the word "swept". This website will not let me link to the American Heritage Dictionary, but you can get to it through Onelook ( http://www.onelook.com/?w=sweep&ls=b ). The word derives from the intransitive verb "sweep", which means "To extend
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I guess it's like when you spread your fingers. It gets wider toward the bottom.
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