Definition of sweep

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Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.

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Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..
Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
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..
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..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Scovel :: Scovel (n.) A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net..
Dust :: Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
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