sweep

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sweep
swiːp Listen
Meanings
verb
  • clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
    E.g. I've swept the floor
  • move swiftly and smoothly.
    E.g. a large black car swept past the open windows
  • search (an area) for something.
    E.g. the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints
noun
  • an act of sweeping something with a brush.
    E.g. I was giving the floor a quick sweep
  • a long, swift curving movement.
    E.g. a grandiose sweep of his hand
  • a procedure for inducing labour in a pregnant woman, in which a medical practitioner moves a finger around within the opening of the cervix to detach the amniotic membranes.
    E.g. I went in for a sweep at 41 weeks
  • a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area.
    E.g. the police finished their sweep through the woods
  • a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land.
    E.g. we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across
  • a sweepstake.
  • an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.
    E.g. a World Series sweep
  • a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel.
    E.g. a big, heavy sweep oar
  • a sail of a windmill.
  • a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.

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