upsweep

American  

[uhp-sweep, uhp-sweep] / ʌpˈswip, ˈʌpˌswip /

verb (used with object)

upswept, upsweeping

1. to sweep upward.

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verb (used without object)

upswept, upsweeping

1. to be arranged in an upsweep.

noun

1. a sweeping upward, as an increase in elevation or a steep slope.

2. a hairdo produced by having the hair combed or brushed upward to the top of the head; an upswept hairdo.

3. a strongly pronounced rise in activity, as in business.

4. a curved shape of the lower jaw of some animals.

upsweep British  

noun

1. a curve or sweep upwards

2. an upswept hairstyle

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verb

1. to sweep, curve, or brush or be swept, curved, or brushed upwards

Etymology

Origin of upsweep

First recorded in 1885–90; up- + sweep ¹

Example Sentences

One, Meredith Monk, recalled how Ms. Slavenska would enter the studio: leggings under a fur coat and a beautiful upsweep.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015

Removing the chopsticks that held her dark waist-length hair in an upsweep, Ms. Lee beamed mischief.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2010

Well, sans an inch on either side, these bars from Animal are pretty much identical with eight inches of rise, five degrees of upsweep, and eight inches of backsweep.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Emiles reported no grey hairs on either side; achieved a soft upsweep wave over the ears that fetched applause from newshens.

From Time Magazine Archive

On that first morning of her new life April had spent half an hour arranging her limp blond hair in a high upsweep, such as Dorothea sometimes wore.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder