upsweep
English
noun
Definitions
- An upward sweep or curve.
- (swimming) The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.
- A hairstyle where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head.
- (oceanography) The unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays, consisting of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration.
Etymology
Prefix from English sweep (rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side).
Origin
English
sweep
Gloss
rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asweep English
- bisweptual English
- downsweep English
- ensweep English
- footsweep English
- insweep English
- multisweep English
- outsweep English
- oversweep English
- portsweep English
- sweep English
- sweepable English
- sweepage English
- sweepback English
- sweepboat English
- sweepboats English
- sweeper English
- sweepest English
- sweepeth English
- sweeplike English
- sweepstake English
- sweepwasher English
- sweepy English
- sweep Portuguese
- swepen Middle English