Definition of sweep

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Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..

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Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..
Greenfinch :: Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
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..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..
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.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..
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 :: Sweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swee.
Shadoof :: Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation..
Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.
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