Definition of sweep

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Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

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Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.
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..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
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..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..
Sweeper :: Sweepage (n.) The crop of hay got in a meadow.
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..
Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..
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