A single action of sweeping. Example: Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.
The person who steers a dragon boat.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
A chimney sweep.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat. Example: Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins. Example: Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
Violent and general destruction. Example: the sweep of an epidemic disease
A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
The compass of any turning body or of any motion. Example: the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side. Example: I am primarily a sweep rower.
(refining) The almond furnace.
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
Any of the blades of a windmill.
(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. Example: to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. Example: The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.
To search (a place) methodically.
To travel quickly.
To play a sweep shot.
To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To remove something abruptly and thoroughly. Example: She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Example: Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain.
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
To strike with a long stroke.
To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
To draw or drag something over. Example: to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation. Example: to sweep the heavens with a telescope
(including) to vacuum a carpet or rug
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