Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

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Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.
Sweeping :: Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper..
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop..
Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..
Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.
Swal :: Swaip (v. i.) To walk proudly; to sweep along.
Swipe :: Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.
Rasante :: Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..
Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..
Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) 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.
Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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