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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..

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..

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..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

Swap :: Swap (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap..

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..

Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.

Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.

Raff :: Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.

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..

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

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.

Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..

Shakings :: Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc..

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