Definition of sweep

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Sweep (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space..

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Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
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 (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..
Shadoof :: Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation..
Swerd :: Swept () imp. & p. p. of Sweep.
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion..
Swipe :: Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.
Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..
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..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..
Sweet :: Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Sweep-saw :: Sweepings (n. pl.) Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street..
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