Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

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Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..
Dust :: Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes..
Besom :: Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom..
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Swoopstake :: Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..
Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Raff :: Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff..
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop..
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