Sweep
Definition of Sweep
| v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. | | 4. | To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. | | 5. | To strike with a long stroke. | | 6. | (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. | | 7. | To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. | | v. i. | 1. | To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. | | 2. | To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. | | 3. | To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. | | n. | 1. | The act of sweeping. | | 2. | The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. | | 3. | The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. | | 4. | The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. | | 5. | Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. | | 6. | Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. | | 7. | Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. | | 8. | One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. | | 9. | (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. | | 10. | (Naut.) 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. | | 11. | (Refining) The almond furnace. | | 12. | A 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. | | 13. | (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. | | 14. | The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. |
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