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1.nounA single action of sweeping."Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves."
2.nounThe person who steers a dragon boat.
3.nounA person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
4.nounA chimney sweep.
5.nounA methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
6.nounA batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat."Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper"
7.nounA lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins."Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup."
8.nounA flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
9.nounA throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
10.nounViolent and general destruction."the sweep of an epidemic disease"
11.nounA movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
12.nounIn the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
13.nounThe compass of any turning body or of any motion."the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye"
14.nounDirection or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
15.nounA large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
16.nounA rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side."I am primarily a sweep rower."
17.noun(refining) The almond furnace.
18.nounA long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
19.nounAny of the blades of a windmill.
20.noun(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
21.nounAny of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.
22.nounAn expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
23.verbTo clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush."to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney"
24.verbTo move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke."The offended countess swept out of the ballroom."
25.verbTo search (a place) methodically.
26.verbTo travel quickly.
27.verbTo play a sweep shot.
28.verbTo brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
29.verbTo move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
30.verbTo win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
31.verbTo defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
32.verbTo remove something abruptly and thoroughly."She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor."
33.verbTo brush against or over; to rub lightly along."Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain."
34.verbTo carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
35.verbTo strike with a long stroke.
36.verbTo row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
37.verbTo draw or drag something over."to sweep the bottom of a river with a net"
38.verbTo pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation."to sweep the heavens with a telescope"
39.verb(including) to vacuum a carpet or rug