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Sweep Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sweep?
[n] a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"
[n] (football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line [n] a long oar used in an open boat [n] a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [n] winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [n] someone who cleans soot from chimneys [v] win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships" [v] sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" [v] clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor" [v] make a big sweeping gesture or movement [v] move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" [v] sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" [v] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" [v] to cover a wide area; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres" [v] cover the entire range of Synonyms | Synonyms for Sweep: broom | chimneysweep | chimneysweeper | cross | drag | drag in | embroil | end run | expanse | sail | slam | span | sweep oar | sweep up | swing | swing out | tangle | traverse Related Terms | Find terms related to Sweep: See Also | ace | ambit | breeze through | bridge | clean | cleaner | compass | cover | extend | grand slam | handle | involve | little slam | make clean | motility | motion | move | move | movement | nail | oar | orbit | pass over | pass with flying colors | rake | range | reach | run | running | running game | running play | sail through | scope | small slam | swan | sweep through | triumph | victory | wield | win | wipe Sweep In Webster's Dictionary \Sweep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swept}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sweeping}.] [OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[=a]pan. See {Swoop},
v. i.]
1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose
dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for
the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street,
or a chimney. Used also figuratively.
I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
--Isa. xiv.
23.
2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or
as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing;
as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow
from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or
rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.
The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. --Isa.
xxviii. 17.
I have already swept the stakes. --Dryden.
3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Their long descending train, With rubies edged and
sapphires, swept the plain. --Dryden.
4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence,
to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
And like a peacock sweep along his tail. --Shak.
5. To strike with a long stroke.
Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the
sounding lyre. --Pope.
6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the
bottom of a river with a net.
7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an
instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a
telescope.
{To sweep, or sweep up}, {a mold} (Founding), to form the
sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it
around the pattern.
\Sweep\, v. i. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. 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. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. |
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