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Definition of Sweep
- a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships"
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
- clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor"
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
- sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don''t drag me into this business"
- to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
- cover the entire range of
See Also: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
Hyponyms: grand slam, little slam, small slam, swan, rake
Grouped Verbs: broom, brush, sail
Part Meronyms: bridge
Derivational Morphology: swing, swing out, sail, brush, cross, traverse, span, broom, sweeper, carpet sweeper, sweeping, chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, imbroglio, embroilment, expanse
| Language Translations: | |||
| Bosnian: mesti | Croatian: mesti | ||
| French: balayer | German: fegen | ||
| Italian: spazzare | Japanese: 掃除 | ||
| Polish: zamiatać | Portuguese: varrer | ||
| Russian: подметать | Spanish: barrer | ||
| Telugu: ఊడ్చు | |||
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