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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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Scovel :: Scovel (n.) A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

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

Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.

Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..

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.

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.

Sweep :: 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..

Sweepwasher :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.

Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..

Sweepstake :: Sweepstake (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes.

Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..

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..

Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.