Definition of sweep

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

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Brownie :: Brownie (n.) An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping..
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
Compass :: Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination..
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..
Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion..
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..
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..
Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.
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..
Sweeping :: Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper..
Sweeper :: Sweepage (n.) The crop of hay got in a meadow.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
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