Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net..

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Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Raff :: Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff..
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
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.
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
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..
Scope :: Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable..
Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..
Sweepwasher :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..
Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Pampero :: Pampero (n.) A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage..
Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
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