- verbsweep (verb) · sweeps (third person present) · swept (past tense) · swept (past participle) · sweeping (present participle)
- 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"
- 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 ENGLISHwin 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"
- 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"
nounsweep (noun) · sweeps (plural noun)- an act of sweeping something with a brush:"I was giving the floor a quick sweep"
- short for chimney sweep
- a long, swift curving movement:"a grandiose sweep of his hand"
- electronicsthe movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
- medicinea 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"
- 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.
- 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"
- informala sweepstake.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHan instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest:"a World Series sweep"
- a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel:"a big, heavy sweep oar"
- a sail of a windmill.
- a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.
OriginOld English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbnoun- an act of sweeping something with a brush:
- a long, swift curving movement:
- a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area:
- a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land:
- a sweepstake.
- a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel:
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- The term "sweep" can be defined as follows:Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.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.www.dictionary.com/browse/sweepsweep (swēp) v. swept (swĕpt), sweep·ing, sweeps v.tr. 1. To clean or clear, as of dirt, with a broom or brush: sweep a chimney.www.thefreedictionary.com/sweep
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