Sweep
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English
Verb
Sweep (third-person singular simple present sweeps, present participle sweeping, simple past and past participle swept)
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom
Noun
Sweep (plural Sweeps)- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A chimney sweep.
- A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A single action of sweeping.
Adjectives for Sweep
outward; wavering; everlasting; soft; long; heaving; exulting; comprehensive; windy; majestic; gentle; irresistible; pitiless; magnificent; wild; enormous; dramatic; dread; liberal; joyous; shining; semi-circular.
Verbs for Sweep
condense—; deflect—; determine—; direct—; enlarge—; extend—; limit—; magnify—; realign—; restrict—; shift—; switch—; —declines; —deviates; —diverges; —embraces; —expands; —ranges; —swerves; —zigzags.
Adverbs for Sweep
capriciously; irresistibly; bitterly; majestically; frightfully; terrifically; silently; mutely; hoarsely; gracefully; surreptitiously; vigorously; tumultuously; relentlessly; heartlessly; confusedly; magnificently ; dramatically.
Thesaurus
aberration, advance, ambit, arc, arch, ball the jack, barrel, be effortless, be painless, bend, bend back, bending, bias, bingo, boom, bow, bowing, bowl, bowl along, branching off, breeze, breeze along, broom, brush, brush by, brush off, bunt, butt, carry, cascade, cataract, chase, chimney sweep, circle, circuitousness, cityscape, class lottery, clean, cleanser, clear, clear sight, clearance, clip, cloudscape, coast, coasting, color vision, compass, cone vision, conflexure, corner, course, cover, crook, crossing sweeper, curl, curvature, curve, cut along, dash, day vision, daylight vision, declination, decurve, deflect, deflection, deluge, demolish, departure, depredate, despoil, destroy, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, diapason, digression, discernment, divergence, diversion, do, dogleg, dome, double, draft lottery, drawing, drift, drifting, drive, embow, encompass, engulf, environ, errantry, excursion, extend, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, flat race, flection, fleece, fleet, flex, flexure, flit, flood, flounce, flow, flowing, flue cleaner, fly, fly low, foot, forage, foray, forward, freeboot, gamut, geanticline, geosyncline, give no trouble, glance, glide, gliding, glissade, go, go easily, go fast, go like clockwork, go out, go over, grab bag, graze, gut, hairpin, hairpin turn, handicap, handicap race, harness race, highball, hold, home on, hook, horizon, horse race, hump, hunch, hurdle race, ice-skate, identify, impel, indirection, inflect, inflection, interest lottery, inundate, keen sight, ken, keno, kiss, landscape, lie, lookout, loop, loot, lottery, lotto, make knots, map, maraud, march, meander, measure, move, night vision, nip, number lottery, numbers pool, oar, obliquity, orbit, outlook, outstrip the wind, overbrim, overflow, overpass, overrun, overwhelm, oxbow, paddle, panorama, parade, pass, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedal, perambulate, perception, peregrinate, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, pick up, pillage, pinpoint, plate race, plunder, ply, pole, pour it on, pour out, pour over, power of sight, present no difficulties, prey on, propel, prospect, purge, purse race, purview, push, quarter-horse race, quick sight, radius, raffle, raid, rambling, range, range over, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reach, reach out, receive, reconnoiter, recurve, reflect, reflection, reflex, register, reive, remove, retroflex, rifle, rip, riverscape, rod vision, roll, roller-skate, round, row, run, run over, run smoothly, sack, sag, sail, sailing, scale, scan, scape, scavenger, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scorch, scotopia, scour, scour the country, scout, scrape, scull, seascape, seeing, sense of sight, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shove, shunt, sideslip, sight, sightedness, sizzle, skate, skateboard, skating, skew, ski, skid, skiing, skim, skyscape, slant, sled, sledding, sleigh, slide, sliding, slip, slipping, slither, slithering, slop, slosh, span, spectrum, speed, spill, spill out, spill over, spoil, spoliate, spot, spread, stake, stake race, steeplechase, steering oar, storm along, straddle, straying, street sweeper, stretch, stretch out, stroke, submerge, surround, swag, swamp, sweep along, sweep away, sweep out, sweep up, sweeper, sweeping, sweepstake, sweepstakes, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging, swoop, tack, take in, tear, tear along, thrust, thrust out, thunder along, tidy up, toboggan, tobogganing, tombola, track, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, treadle, trigger, troll, trotting race, trundle, tune in, turn, turning, twilight vision, twist, unobstructed vision, vacuum, vacuum-clean, variation, vault, veer, view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, voyage, wandering, warp, waterscape, whelm, whisk, whitewing, whiz, wind, wing, wipe out, work well, yaw, zigzag, zing, zip, zoom
