Converse of object

• cross: The best known literary example is ' Jo the crossing sweeper ' in Charles Dickens ' Bleak House.

• use: Q: Can you clean the stairs using the sweeper?

• play: She was playing sweeper and at one point attacked exactly when her keeper told her to.

• have: We needed also to pressure their defenders and to have a sweeper deep inside our defense strategy.

• need: I'll check with the wife to see if we need another sweeper.

Adjective modifier

• truck-mounted: So will the truck-mounted highway sweeper of the future have one engine, or two?

• cordless: Q: What amp or watt does the cordless sweeper operate at?

• mechanical: I have noticed that the mechanical sweeper is always parked up at a certain time of the day?

• mine: The vessels were converted into patrol boats or used as mine sweepers.

• small: The small sweeper was more flexible, for shorter striking distances.

• large: The length of the large sweeper was equal to the martial artist height.

Modifies a noun

• role: Man of the match was Jamie Lamont for his sweeper role.

• bus: The sweeper bus follows at the back of the race.

• position: For the Premier season, MacLaren dropped back into a sweeper position to fill the void left by Hoddle's departure.

Noun used with modifier

• carpet: How about this for an array of carpet sweepers.

• chimney: There is a colony of chimney sweeper moths in the woodland.

• highway: The question is, therefore, why has this situation not yet occurred in the truck-mounted highway sweeper market?

• vacuum: Either manually, or with motorized vacuum sweepers, we'll keep your property looking its best.

• street: Also new this year is a new range of electric or Diesel powered street sweepers.

• fleet: The four fleet sweepers were henceforth to be designated the 17th MS Flotilla under the command of Cdr.