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Definition sweep

Etymology

From Old English sw?pan, from Proto-Germanic *swaipan?. Cognate with Early Modern West Frisian swiepe (“whip, cleanse, sweep”), from Old Frisian sw?pa, suepa (“sweep”). See also swoop.

Verb

sweep (third-person singular simple present sweeps, present participle sweeping, simple past and past participle swept)

1. (transitive) to clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush
2. (intransitive) to move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke
3. (transitive) to search (a place) methodically
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to travel quickly
5. (cricket) to play a sweep shot
6. (curling) to brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less
7. (transitive, ergative) to move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom
8. (sports, transitive) to win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series
9. (sports, transitive) to defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series
10. (transitive) to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
11. to brush against or over; to rub lightly along
12. to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion
13. to strike with a long stroke
14. (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
15. (nautical) to draw or drag something over
16. to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation

Noun

sweep (plural sweeps)

1. a single action of sweeping
2. the person who steers a dragon boat
3. a person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew
4. a chimney sweep
5. a methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices)
6. (cricket) a batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat
7. a lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins
8. a flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland
9. (martial arts) a throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs
10. violent and general destruction
11. (metalworking) a movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding
12. (card games) in the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table
13. the compass of any turning body or of any motion
14. direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line
15. a large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them
16. (rowing) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
17. (refining, obsolete) the almond furnace
18. 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
19. any of the blades of a windmill
20. (in the plural) the sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
21. any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae
22. an expanse or a swath, a strip of land

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