Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..

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Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..
Swipe :: Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball..
Sweet :: Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.
Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Swoopstake :: Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..
Shadoof :: Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation..
Besom :: Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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