Definition of sweep

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Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..

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Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop..
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 (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Swoopstake :: Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.
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..
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..
Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
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.
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..
Swipe :: Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..
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