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Meaning
Verb
●
To
clean
(a
surface
)
by means of
a
stroking
motion
of a
broom
or brush.
●
To
move
through a (horizontal)
arc
or
similar
long stroke.
●
To
search
(a place) methodically.
●
To
travel
quickly.
●
In Cricket:
To
play
a
sweep
shot.
●
In Curling:
To
brush
the
ice
in front of
a
moving
stone
,
causing
it to
travel
farther and to
curl
less.
●
To
move
something in a long
sweeping
motion
, as a broom.
●
In Sports:
To
win
(a
series
) without
drawing
or
losing
any of the
games
in that
series
.
●
In Sports:
To
defeat
(
a team
) in a
series
without
drawing
or
losing
any of the
games
in that
series
.
●
In Military:
To
clear
(a
body of water
or part thereof) of mines.
●
To
remove
something
abruptly
and thoroughly.
●
To
brush
against or over; to
rub
lightly
along.
●
To
carry
with a long,
swinging
, or
dragging
motion
; hence, to
carry
in a
stately
or
proud
fashion.
●
To
strike
with a long stroke.
●
In Rowing:
To
row
with one
oar
to either the
port
or
starboard
side.
●
In Nautical:
To
draw
or
drag
something over.
●
To
pass over
, or
traverse
, with the
eye
or with an
instrument
of observation.
●
In American English, Indiana English, Ohio English & Regional English:
To
vacuum
a
carpet
or rug.
Noun
●
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.
●
In Kyphosid fish:
A
chimney
sweep.
●
A
methodical
search
,
typically
for
bugs
(electronic
listening
devices).
●
In Cricket:
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
win
s.
●
A
flow
of water
parallel
to
shore
caused
by
wave
action
at an
ocean
beach
or at a point or headland.
●
In Aviation:
The
degree
to which an aircraft's
wings
are
angled
backwards
(or,
occasionally
,
forwards
) from their
attachments
to the fuselage.
●
In Martial arts:
A
throw
or
takedown
that
primarily
uses
the
legs
to
attack
an opponent's
legs
.
●
Violent and general destruction.
●
A
movable
template
for making
moulds
, in
loam
moulding.
●
In Card games:
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.
●
In Rowing:
A
rowing
style
in which each
rower
rows
with
oar
on either the
port
or
starboard
side.
●
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.
●
The
sweepings
of
workshops
where
precious metals
are
worked
,
containing
filings
, etc.
●
Any of several
sea chubs
in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
●
An
expanse
or a
swath
, a
strip
of land.
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