sweep
noun
1. a wide scope
- the sweep of the plains
Similar word(s): expanse
Definition categories: attribute, ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope
2. someone who cleans soot from chimneys
Definition categories: person, cleaner
3. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
Similar word(s): slam
Definition categories: event, triumph, victory
4. a long oar used in an open boat
Definition categories: man–made, oar
5. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
Definition categories: act, run, running
6. a movement in an arc
- a sweep of his arm
Definition categories: act, motility, motion, move, movement
Sentences with sweep as a noun:
- Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
- Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
- the sweep of an epidemic disease
- the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye
verb
1. sweep across or over
Similar word(s): brush
Definition categories: motion, move
2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
Similar word(s): sail
Definition categories: motion, move
3. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- Sweep the crumbs off the table
- Sweep under the bed
Similar word(s): broom
Definition categories: contact, wipe
4. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Similar word(s): drag, embroil, tangle
Definition categories: stative, involve
5. to cover or extend over an area or time period
Similar word(s): cross, span, traverse
Definition categories: stative, continue, cover, extend
6. clean by sweeping
- Please sweep the floor
Definition categories: contact, clean
7. win an overwhelming victory in or on
Definition categories: competition, win
8. cover the entire range of
Definition categories: stative, continue, cover, extend
9. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
Similar word(s): swing
Definition categories: contact, handle, manage, wield
Sentences with sweep as a verb:
- to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
- The wind sweeps across the plain.
- The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.
- to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
- to sweep the heavens with a telescope