sweep
/swiːp/
To clean by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush; To move through a arc or similar long stroke; To search methodically; To travel quickly
- he/she/it
- sweeps
- past participle
- swept
Meanings
- 1
To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush
He swept all the rooms.
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Tom is sweeping his room.
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- 2
To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke
- 3
To search (a place) methodically
- 4
To travel quickly
- 5
To play a sweep shotrare
- 6
To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl lessrare
- 7
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broomrare
- 8
To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that seriesrare
- 9
To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that seriesrare
- 10
To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of minesrare