sweeps

Meaning of sweeps

verb, 3rd person present
  1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
    I've swept the floor
  2. move swiftly and smoothly.
    a large black car swept past the open windows
    his cool grey eyes swept over her
  3. search (an area) for something.
    the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints
plural noun
  1. an act of sweeping something with a brush.
    I was giving the floor a quick sweep
  2. a long, swift curving movement.
    a grandiose sweep of his hand
  3. 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
  4. a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area.
    the police finished their sweep through the woods
  5. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land.
    we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across
  6. a sweepstake.
  7. an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.
    a World Series sweep
  8. a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel.
    a big, heavy sweep oar
  9. a sail of a windmill.
  10. 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 sweeps

  • The singular form of sweeps is: sweep.
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Hyphenation of sweeps

sweeps

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sweeps is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sweeps synonyms

Meaning remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing:

brush

Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:

clean

Meaning rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water:

scrub

Meaning clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand:

wipe

Meaning clean or soak up liquid from (something) by wiping:

mop

Meaning remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it:

dust

Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:

scour

Meaning drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter:

scrape

Meaning sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light:

rake

Meaning polish (something):

buff

Meaning clean with a vacuum cleaner:

vacuum

Meaning clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner:

hoover

Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):

do

Meaning move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion:

glide

Meaning move smoothly and rapidly or in a stately or confident manner:

sail

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:

charge

Meaning move with urgent haste:

rush

Meaning cover (a surface) with streaks:

streak

Meaning move quickly:

speed

Meaning depart hastily:

fly

Meaning move or travel very quickly:

zoom

Meaning (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air:

swoop

Meaning move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound:

whizz

Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:

hurtle

Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:

tear

Meaning try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:

search

Meaning physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument:

probe

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:

explore

Meaning search carefully and systematically:

comb

Meaning a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning:

gesture

Meaning an act of moving:

movement

Meaning a change of place, position, or state:

move

Meaning the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim:

action

Meaning an act of hitting or striking someone or something; a blow:

stroke

Meaning a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore:

wave

Meaning an act of hunting wild animals or game:

hunt

Meaning the action of exploring an unfamiliar area:

exploration

Meaning food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder:

forage

Meaning the action of pursuing someone or something:

pursuit

Meaning a long or arduous search for something:

quest

Meaning a wide continuous area of something:

expanse

Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:

tract

Meaning a continuous area or expanse of land or water:

stretch

Meaning an area of land which is not occupied by buildings:

space

Meaning a large area of flat land with few trees:

plain

Meaning the area covered by something:

extent

Meaning very great extent or size; immensity:

vastness

Meaning a pleasing view:

vista

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