sweep
has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,nautical,bridge,work
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[ verb ] sweep across or over
Synonyms Examples "Her long skirt brushed the floor" "A gasp swept cross the audience" Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)After the storm , the sky cleared blue and cool , and fragrant air swept the hills . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Her tanned foot , whose arch swept high and white , pointed artfully toward tapering toes - toes like fingers , whose tips glowed white . |
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[ verb ] move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
Synonyms Examples "The diva swept into the room" "Shreds of paper sailed through the air" "The searchlights swept across the sky" Used in print (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Miss_Ada had giggled , and she went sweeping and rustling to the couch and sank down . Related terms |
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[ verb ] sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
Synonyms Examples "Sweep the crumbs off the table" "Sweep under the bed" Used in print (The New Republic, 145: 19...)After a nuclear blast , one bureaucrat suggested in those halcyon days , about all you had to do was haul out the broom and sweep off your sidewalks and roof . (Amber Dean, Encounter with Evil....)Grosse quietly got a broom and started to sweep up the sugar . (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)A bold line of violet broke_loose from the high ridge of the mountains , followed by feathers of red that swept the last stars from the sky . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a wide scope
Synonyms Examples "the sweep of the plains" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)The clear and searching sweep of sun on the lawns was like a climax of the year 's lights . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)The sweep of space , the delicate counterbalance of the white masses , the over-all completeness and unity , the originality and imagination , all entitle it to be called an authentic masterpiece . Related terms |
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[ verb ] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Examples "They were swept up by the events" "don't drag me into this business" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Nor is it an accident that baseball , growing into the national game in the last 75 years , has become a microcosm of American life , that learned societies such_as the American_Folklore_Society and the American_Historical_Association were founded in the 1880's , or that courses in American literature , American civilization , American anything have swept our school and college curricula . |
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[ verb ] to cover or extend over an area or time period
Examples "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres" "The novel spans three centuries" Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)He sensed rather_than heard the gasp that swept across the audience . Related terms |
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[ verb ] clean by sweeping
Examples "Please sweep the floor" Used in print (The Washington Post...)Anticipated heavy traffic along the Skyline_Drive failed to materialize yesterday , park rangers said , and those who made the trip got a leisurely view of the fall colors through skies swept clear of haze . Related terms |
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[ verb ] win an overwhelming victory in or on
Examples : "Her new show dog swept all championships" Used in print (The Oregonian, [Portland],...)John_Haase + Son of Corneilus was the only entrant in open class swine and swept all championships . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (bridge) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
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[ noun ] (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
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[ noun ] (work) someone who cleans soot from chimneys
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