Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

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Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Dust :: Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
Besom :: Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
Scope :: Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable..
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.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.
Sweeper :: Sweepage (n.) The crop of hay got in a meadow.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..
Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.
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