Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

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Whisker :: Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.
Sweep :: Sweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swee.
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..
Besom :: Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom..
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.
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
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..
Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..
Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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..
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