Sweep

What do we mean by sweep?

To clean or clear, as of dirt, with a broom or brush. intransitive verb

To clear away with a broom or brush. intransitive verb

To clear (a path or space) with a broom or brush. intransitive verb

To search thoroughly. intransitive verb

To search for and remove (electronic eavesdropping devices) from a place. intransitive verb

To touch or brush lightly, as with a trailing garment. intransitive verb

To pass over or through a surface or medium with a continuous movement. intransitive verb

To clear, drive, or convey with relentless force. intransitive verb

To wipe out at a single stroke. Often used with away. intransitive verb

To remove or carry off with a swift brushing motion. intransitive verb

To move across or through swiftly or broadly. intransitive verb

To pass quickly across, as when searching. intransitive verb

To drag the bottom of (a body of water). intransitive verb

To win all games in (a series) or all stages of (a contest). intransitive verb

To win overwhelmingly in. intransitive verb

To clean or clear a surface with a broom or brush. intransitive verb

To search an area for something. intransitive verb

A single action of sweeping.

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 methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).

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 throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.

Violent and general destruction.

A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.

In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.

The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.

(refining) The almond furnace.

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.

Any of the blades of a windmill.

(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

In sports (basketball and baseball, mainly) when one team wins every game in a series. Urban Dictionary

(n.) a raid by the police Urban Dictionary

(n) the amount or extent of emotional movement in a piece of art (adj) the quality of possessing the aforementioned *especially relevant when referring to a film *more so when referring to an epic or fantasy film Urban Dictionary

The Cardinals losing all 4 games of the World Series, in a row, to the Red Sox. Urban Dictionary

The female in a relationship Urban Dictionary

The art of sweeping one under the rug after an error or bout of self-ownage. Urban Dictionary

Sweepings: The scraps, leavings, hand-me-downs, things tossed aside as the quality stuff is grabbed up at sales. Junk. Urban Dictionary

A time of the year the world of television programs where the virgins become sluts, the straits become gay, the mild-mannered become basket-cases, likeable characters turn out to be evil and/or die, couples cheat on eachother, the selfless turn selfish, someone gets pregnant, and just about any other thing that the creators can think of to boost their show's ratings enough to avoid getting cancelled by the network executives. Often as soon as sweeps week is over, all these elements are suddenly written out or forgotten. Urban Dictionary

A Style of picking, used on the guitar. You sweep your pick across the string, most of the time producing a triplet sound. Usually used to sweep arpeggios. Urban Dictionary

The act of a bird shaking it's tail feathers. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to sweep:
sweep, sleep, sweet, weep, steep, sheep, seep, sneep, fweep, gweep, sweer, swep, swee, tweep, zweep.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sweep:
oar, sweeps, dihedral, swept, sweeping, trailing, podium, picking, chimney, mets, rowing, yankees, chord, sox, reds, cubs, fuselage, playoff, mvp, mines, giants, streak, elimination, tigers, frequency, opponent, gear, nba, angle, edge, clean, leg, wings, winning, straight, detroit, wing, rivals, victories, defending, aside, enemy, win, stanley, cincinnati, innings, consecutive, rangers.

Words that rhyme with sweep:
creep, keep, sleep, leap, deep, weep, steep, sheep, heap, cheap, reap, peep, asleep, seep, upkeep, beep, oversleep, veep, jeep, clepe, reep, bleep, cheep, sneap, threap, leep, streep, black sheep, kreep, dieppe, felipe, bopeep, lepe, rubbish heap, dall sheep, tepe, diep, fall asleep, eternal sleep, beauty sleep, rem sleep, twilight sleep, put to sleep, paradoxical sleep, bighorn sheep, short sleep, dirt cheap, inskeep, rapid eye movement sleep, sepe, fast asleep, garbage heap, go to sleep, junk heap, sound asleep, trash heap, barbary sheep, merino sheep, mountain sheep, cat sleep, vegetable sheep, maned sheep, go deep, refuse heap, rocky mountain sheep, marco polo sheep, seip, seipp, white sheep, kneip, wild sheep, cause to sleep, musk sheep, domestic sheep, griep, phillipe, riepe, anandeep, heape, kniep, mcsleep, schliep.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sweep:
clean, broad, wide, long, great, full, single, chimney, whole, grand, vast, wider, upward, horizontal, circular, linear, graceful, quick, downward, well, slow, majestic, entire, mighty, magnificent, broader, bold, forward, historical, fine, epic, onward, vertical, big, sudden, republican, backward, rapid, democratic, clear, tremendous, continuous, semicircular, comprehensive, unbroken, dramatic, smooth, panoramic, game, gentle, potential, wild, powerful, steady, immense, swift, duodenal, variable, easy, huge, splendid, imaginative, noble, visual, massive, cosmic, fast, and.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sweep:
frequency, line, out, back, tone, generator, feature, repression, shred.

Consonant match to sweep:
swap, swipe, swoop, swape, swope, swoope, swapp.

Words that sound like sweep:
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