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   sweep

   /swiːp/

   verb

   • 1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter: "I've swept the floor" Similar brushcleanscrubwipemopdustscourscraperakebuffvacuumhooverinformal:do
   • ▪ move or remove (dirt or litter) by brushing it away: "she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan" Similar removewash awayexpeldispose ofeliminateget rid ofbrushcleanclearwhisk
   • ▪ move or push (someone or something) with great force: "I was swept along by the crowd" Similar carrypulldragdrive
   • ▪ brush (hair) back from one's face or upwards: "long hair swept up into a high chignon"
   • ▪ hit (the ball) on the leg side by bringing the bat across the body from a half-kneeling position; hit a ball delivered by (a bowler) with such a stroke.
   • 2. move swiftly and smoothly: "a large black car swept past the open windows" Similar glidesaildashchargerushstreakspeedflyzoomswoopwhizzhurtleinformal:tear
   • ▪ cause to move swiftly and smoothly: "he swept his hand round the room"
   • ▪ (of a person) move in a confident and stately manner: "she swept magnificently from the hall" Similar glidesailstridebreezestrollsallyswaggerdriftflitflounce
   • ▪ affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely: "the rebellion had swept through all four of the country's provinces" Similar engulfoverwhelmfloodflow acrosssurge overracehurtlestreakspread like lightninginformal:tearwhip
   • ▪ (of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve: "green forests swept down the hillsides"
   • ▪ win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event): North American "we knew we had to sweep these three home games"
   • 3. search (an area) for something: "the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints" Similar searchprobecheckexplorehunt throughlook throughdelve ingo throughsift throughscourcombgo through with a fine-tooth combleave no stone unturned in
   • ▪ examine (a place or object) for electronic listening devices: "the line is swept every fifteen minutes"
   • ▪ cover (an entire area) with a gun: "they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench"

   noun

   • 1. an act of sweeping something with a brush: "I was giving the floor a quick sweep"
   • ▪ short for chimney sweep
   • 2. a long, swift curving movement: "a grandiose sweep of his hand" Similar gesturemovementmoveactionstrokewave
   • ▪ the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
   • ▪ an attacking stroke in which the bat is brought across the body from a half-kneeling position to hit the ball to leg.
   • 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"
   • 4. a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area: "the police finished their sweep through the woods" Similar searchhuntexplorationprobeforagepursuitquest
   • ▪ a survey of the ratings of television stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates. North American
   • 5. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land: "we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across" Similar expansetractstretchspaceplainextentvastnessvista
   • ▪ a curved part of a drive in front of a building: "one fork of the drive continued on to the gravel sweep" Similar curvecurvaturebendarcarchbowturn
   • ▪ the range or scope of something: "the whole sweep of the history of the USSR" Similar rangespanscopecompassreachspreadambitremitgamutorbitspectrumspherepurviewlimitextent
   • 6. a sweepstake. informal
   • 7. an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest: North American "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.

   Word Origin Old Englishswāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSWEEP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SWEEP definition: 1. to clean something, especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from…. Learn more.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySWEEP | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   SWEEP meaning: 1. to clean something, especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › vi › dictionarySWEEP | Định nghĩa trong Từ điển tiếng Anh Cambridge

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   a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area: sweep of With a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water. [ C ] a long, often curved, area of land, sea, river, etc.: sweep of A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › fr › dictionnaireSWEEP | traduire en français - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Ces chantiers vont recevoir un coup de fouet, les circonstances vont balayer les hésitations, forcer les déterminations. Extrait de. To make progress, what is needed is to sweep aside the reluctance of the car and petrol lobbies.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-frenchSWEEP | translate English to French - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SWEEP translate: balayer, balayer, envahir, parcourir, balayer, balayer, balayer, balayer, aller majestueusement…. Learn more in the Cambridge English-French Dictionary.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › fr › dictionnaireSWEEP | définition en anglais - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area: sweep of With a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water. [ C ] a long, often curved, area of land, sea, river, etc.: sweep of A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-spanishSWEEP | translate English to Spanish - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SWEEP translate: barrer, arrastrar, barrer, barrer, pasar, extenderse, extenderse, propagarse. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSWEPT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SWEPT definition: 1. past simple and past participle of sweep 2. past simple and past participle of sweep 3. past…. Learn more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › zhs › 词典SWEEP在剑桥英语词典中的解释及翻译 - Cambridge Dictionary

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    a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area: sweep of With a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water. [ C ] a long, often curved, area of land, sea, river, etc.: sweep of A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › pt › dicionarioSWEEP | tradução de inglês para português - Cambridge Dictionary

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    tomar. A new feeling of hope is sweeping the country. Um novo sentimento de esperança está tomando o país. sweep sth under the rug/carpet. to try to ignore or hide sth bad. jogar para debaixo do tapete. Management swept the problems under the rug. A gerência jogou os problemas para debaixo do tapete.