sweep

B2
Pronunciation
/swiːp/
/swiːp/
Noun
22 definition(s)
1 Definition

A single action of sweeping.

Example Sentences
  • Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.
2 Definition

The person who steers a dragon boat.

3 Definition

A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.

4 Definition

A chimney sweep.

5 Definition

A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).

6 Definition

A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.

Example Sentences
  • Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
7 Definition

A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

Example Sentences
  • Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
8 Definition

A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

9 Definition

A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.

10 Definition

Violent and general destruction.

Example Sentences
  • the sweep of an epidemic disease
11 Definition

A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.

12 Definition

In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.

13 Definition

The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

Example Sentences
  • the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye
14 Definition

Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.

15 Definition

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

16 Definition

A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.

Example Sentences
  • I am primarily a sweep rower.
17 Definition

(refining) The almond furnace.

18 Definition

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.

19 Definition

Any of the blades of a windmill.

20 Definition

(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

21 Definition

Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

22 Definition

An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

Verb
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Example Sentences
  • to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
2 Definition

To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

Example Sentences
  • The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.
3 Definition

To search (a place) methodically.

4 Definition

To travel quickly.

5 Definition

To play a sweep shot.

6 Definition

To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.

7 Definition

To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.

8 Definition

To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

9 Definition

To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

10 Definition

To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.

Example Sentences
  • She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.
11 Definition

To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Example Sentences
  • Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain.
12 Definition

To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

13 Definition

To strike with a long stroke.

14 Definition

To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.

15 Definition

To draw or drag something over.

Example Sentences
  • to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
16 Definition

To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.

Example Sentences
  • to sweep the heavens with a telescope
17 Definition

(including) to vacuum a carpet or rug