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Verb: sweep (swept) sweep- Sweep across or over
"A gasp swept cross the audience"
- brush - Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
"The diva swept into the room"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
- sail - Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
"Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
- broom - Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
"They were swept up by the events"
- embroil, tangle, sweep up, drag, drag in - To cover or extend over an area or time period
- cross, traverse, span - Clean by sweeping
"Please sweep the floor" - Win an overwhelming victory in or on
"Her new show dog swept all championships" - Cover the entire range of
- Make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- swing, swing out
Noun: sweep sweep- A wide scope
"the sweep of the plains"
- expanse - Someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- chimneysweeper, chimneysweep - Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- slam - A long oar used in an open boat
- sweep oar - (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- end run - A movement in an arc
"a sweep of his arm"
Derived forms: swept, sweeps, sweeping See also: sweep through, sweeper, sweeping Type of: ambit, clean, cleaner, compass, continue, cover, extend, handle, involve, make clean, manage, motility, motion, move, movement, oar, orbit, pass over, range, reach, run, running, running game, running play, scope, triumph, victory, wield, win, wipe Part of: bridge Encyclopedia: Sweep |