Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion..

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Whisker :: Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
Sweet :: Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.
Greenfinch :: Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Scope :: Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..
Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..
Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..
Sweepy :: Sweepwasher (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used..
Swath :: Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath..
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