กวาด
gwàat
Meanings
1NounA2
[to] sweep (clean)
to clean a floor or surface using a broom or brush
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กวาดgwàatกวาดgwàat1[to] sweep up; clear away; clean up2[to] sweep; conduct a sweep (search/roundup)3[to] sweep (clean)พื้นpéunพื้นpéun1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3basis; level; background (figurative)4background (color/pattern)ทุกเช้าtúk cháoทุกเช้าtúk cháoevery morning
I sweep the floor every morning.
2NounB1
[to] sweep up; clear away; clean up
to remove or collect many things at once, as if sweeping them away; to clear or tidy thoroughly
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyจบงานjòp ngaanจบงานjòp ngaan[to] finish [a] job/project; [to] wrap up an eventเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherกวาดgwàatกวาดgwàat1[to] sweep up; clear away; clean up2[to] sweep; conduct a sweep (search/roundup)3[to] sweep (clean)เศษกระดาษsèt grà-dàatเศษกระดาษsèt grà-dàatscrap of paper; paper scrapsออกให้òk hâiออกให้òk hâi[to] pay for [sb]หมดmòtหมดmòt1all gone; none left2[to] run out; be used up3completely; entirely4in total; altogether
After the event, we helped sweep away all the paper scraps at once.
3NounB2
[to] sweep; conduct a sweep (search/roundup)
to move across a wide area to search, collect, arrest, or capture many at once; to make a broad sweep
Examples
ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerตั้งด่านdtâng dàanตั้งด่านdtâng dàan[to] set up a checkpointกวาดgwàatกวาดgwàat1[to] sweep up; clear away; clean up2[to] sweep; conduct a sweep (search/roundup)3[to] sweep (clean)พื้นที่púen têeพื้นที่púen têe1area; space; surface; land area2region; zone; locality; area3local; on-site; field (modifier)4field; scope (figurative)ริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2edge; riverside; roadside (at/along the edge)3edge-side; roadside (modifier)ชายแดนchaai daenชายแดนchaai daenborder; frontierเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofตรวจค้นdtrùuat kónตรวจค้นdtrùuat kón1[to] search [sb]/[sth]/[somewhere]; conduct a search2[to] frisk; pat down3[to] screen (security)ผู้ต้องสงสัยpôo dtông sŏng-săiผู้ต้องสงสัยpôo dtông sŏng-săi1suspect; person under suspicion2suspect (legal status)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)จุดjùtจุดjùt1dot; spot; speck2point (location/time)3point (argument/aspect)4score point5decimal point6point (advantage/strong suit)7[to] light; ignite8point (classifier for small dots/points)9degree (° symbol)พร้อมกันpróm ganพร้อมกันpróm gansimultaneously; at the same time; together (in unison)
The police set up checkpoints to sweep the border area, searching multiple locations for suspects at once.