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    [swēp]
    verb
    sweep (verb) · sweeps (third person present) · swept (past tense) · swept (past participle) · sweeping (present participle)
    1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter:
      "I've swept the floor"
      • move or remove (dirt or litter) by sweeping:
        "she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan"
      • move or push (someone or something) with great force:
        "I was swept along by the crowd" · "the party was swept from power"
      • brush (hair) back from one's face or upward:
        "long hair swept up into a high chignon"
    2. move swiftly and smoothly:
      "a large black car swept past the open windows" · "a wave of sympathy swept over him"
      • cause to move swiftly and smoothly:
        "he swept his hand around the room"
      • (of a person) move in a confident and stately manner:
        "she swept magnificently from the hall"
      • affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely:
        "the rebellion had swept through all four of the country's provinces" · "violence swept the country"
      • (of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve:
        "green forests swept down the hillsides"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event):
        "we knew we had to sweep these three home games"
    3. search (an area) for something:
      "the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints"
      • examine (a place or object) for electronic listening devices:
        "the line is swept every fifteen minutes"
      • cover (an entire area) with a gun:
        "they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench"
    noun
    sweep (noun) · sweeps (plural noun)
    1. an act of sweeping something with a brush:
      "I was giving the floor a quick sweep"
    2. a long, swift curving movement:
      "a grandiose sweep of his hand"
      • electronics
        the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
    3. medicine
      a procedure for inducing labor in a pregnant woman, in which a medical practitioner moves a finger around within the opening of the cervix to detach the amniotic membranes:
      "I went in for a sweep at 41 weeks" · "she asked if I wanted a membrane sweep to get labor going"
    4. a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area:
      "the police finished their sweep through the woods"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        (sweeps)
        a survey of the ratings of broadcast stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates.
    5. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land:
      "we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across"
      • a curved part of a driveway in front of a building:
        "one fork of the driveway continued on to the gravel sweep"
      • the range or scope of something:
        "the whole sweep of the history of the USSR"
    6. informal
      a sweepstake.
    7. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest:
      "a World Series sweep"
    8. a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel:
      "a big, heavy sweep oar"
    9. a sail of a windmill.
    10. a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.
    Origin
    Old English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.
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    verb
    1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter:
      brush
      clean
      scrub
      wipe
      mop
      dust
      scour
      scrape
      rake
      buff
      vacuum
      hoover
    2. move swiftly and smoothly:
      glide
      sail
      dash
      charge
      rush
      streak
      speed
      fly
      zoom
      swoop
      whiz
      hurtle
    3. search (an area) for something:
      search
      probe
      check
      explore
      look through
      go through
      scour
      comb
      hunt through
      delve in
      sift through
      go through with a fine-tooth comb
      leave no stone unturned in
      noun
      1. an act of sweeping something with a brush:
        clean
        wipe
        dust
        mop
        • a long, swift curving movement:
          gesture
          movement
          move
          action
          stroke
          wave
          • a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area:
            search
            hunt
            exploration
            probe
            forage
            pursuit
            quest
            • a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land:
              expanse
              tract
              stretch
              space
              plain
              extent
              vastness
              vista
            • a sweepstake.
              lottery
              sweepstake
              ballot
              Instants
              lotto
              tote
              (prize) draw
              tombola
              numbers game/pool/racket
              pakapoo
            • a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel:
              oar
              scull
              blade
              spoon
              spade

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            1. Verb (used with object): To move or remove dust, dirt, etc. with a broom, brush, or the like1.
            2. To clean or clear, as of dirt, with a broom or brush2.
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            verb (used with object), swept, sweep·ing. to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.

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