upsweep: Meaning and Definition of

up•sweep

1. to sweep upward.

1. to be arranged in an upsweep.

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.