sweep
Meaning of sweep
verb
- clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
I've swept the floor
- move swiftly and smoothly.
a large black car swept past the open windows
his cool grey eyes swept over her
- search (an area) for something.
the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints
- an act of sweeping something with a brush.
I was giving the floor a quick sweep
- a long, swift curving movement.
a grandiose sweep of his hand
- a procedure for inducing labour in a pregnant woman, in which a medical practitioner moves a finger around within the opening of the cervix to detach the amniotic membranes.
I went in for a sweep at 41 weeks
she asked if I wanted a membrane sweep to get labour going
- a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area.
the police finished their sweep through the woods
- a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land.
we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across
- a sweepstake.
- an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.
a World Series sweep
- a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel.
a big, heavy sweep oar
- a sail of a windmill.
- a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.
Old English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.
Information about sweep
- The plural form of sweep is: sweeps.
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Hyphenation of sweep
sweep
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- sweep is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
sweep synonyms
Meaning expanse:
Meaning chimneysweeper:
Meaning slam:
Meaning brush:
Meaning sail:
Meaning broom:
Meaning embroil:
Meaning cross:
Meaning swing:
Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:
Meaning rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water:
Meaning clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand:
Meaning clean or soak up liquid from (something) by wiping:
Meaning remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it:
Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:
Meaning drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter:
Meaning sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light:
Meaning polish (something):
Meaning clean with a vacuum cleaner:
Meaning clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner:
Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):
Meaning move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion:
Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning cover (a surface) with streaks:
Meaning move quickly:
Meaning depart hastily:
Meaning move or travel very quickly:
Meaning (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air:
Meaning move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound:
Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:
Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:
Meaning try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:
Meaning physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument:
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:
Meaning search carefully and systematically:
Meaning a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning:
Meaning an act of moving:
Meaning a change of place, position, or state:
Meaning the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim:
Meaning an act of hitting or striking someone or something; a blow:
Meaning a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore:
Meaning an act of hunting wild animals or game:
Meaning the action of exploring an unfamiliar area:
Meaning food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder:
Meaning the action of pursuing someone or something:
Meaning a long or arduous search for something:
Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:
Meaning a continuous area or expanse of land or water:
Meaning an area of land which is not occupied by buildings:
Meaning a large area of flat land with few trees:
Meaning the area covered by something:
Meaning very great extent or size; immensity:
Meaning a pleasing view:
Translation of sweep
- Spanish: rozar, barrer, buscar, pesquisar
- French: brosser, balayer
- Portuguese: escovar
- Italian: spazzare, scopare, ramazzare, perquisire, setacciare, perlustrare
- German: kehren, fegen
Anagrams of sweep
Words that rhyme with sweep
weep, Lakshadweep, beweep, foreweep, peaseweep, peeseweep, peeweep, forweep, overweep, chimneysweep, endsweep, ensweep, onsweep, outsweep, oversweep, peesweep, resweep, undersweep, upsweep, outweep
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