Sweep

Definitions

1. A single action of sweeping.
2. The person who steers a dragon boat.
3. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
4. A chimney sweep.
5. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
6. A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
7. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
8. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
9. The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
10. A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
11. Violent and general destruction.
12. A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
13. In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
14. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
15. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
16. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
17. A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
    attributive
18. The almond furnace.
    obsolete
19. 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.
20. Any of the blades of a windmill.
21. The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
    in-plural
22. Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
23. An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
24. singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
    US, form-of, singular

Equivalents

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العربيةالتفتيشمسح

Azərbaycan dilisüpürmək

Беларускаямесці

Българскибършазамахкриломета+ 1 more

Bosanskimahmestiкриломестимета+ 2 more

Catalàescombrar

Češtinazamést

Cymraegsguboysgubo

Danskfejefeje benene væk under

Ελληνικάσαρώνωσκουπίζω

Esperantobalai

Eestipühkima

فارسیرفتن

Suomiairoetsintäharjataheilahdusalueheilauttaaheilautusheiluttaahuiskaisuhuiskauskaarroskaartoliikekammatalakaistalakaisulenkousluutiamökkiperämiespyörähdysaluepyyhkäistäpyyhkäisypyyhkiäsiipisyynätäsyynitarkastaatarkastusveikkausvipu+ 26 more

Gaeilgescuab

Gàidhligsguab

Galegovarrer

ગુજરાતીવાળવું

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipūlumi

Hrvatskimahmestiкриломестимета+ 2 more

Magyarsöpör

Հայերենավլելմաքրելսրբել

Bahasa Indonesiamenyapu

Íslenskasópa

Italianoramazzarescoparesetacciarespazzarespazzata+ 2 more

日本語彗掃掃く掃引する掃除する枻篲+ 4 more

ភាសាខ្មែរបោស

한국어箒쓸다

Kurdîsopa

Кыргызчашыпыруу

Latinaēverrō

Lingálakombo

ລາວກວາດ

Lietuviųšluoti

Latviešusētnieksslaucīt

Te Reo Māorihuitahi

Македонскимете

Монголшүүрдэх

Bahasa Melayumenyapu

မြန်မာလှည်း

Nederlandsdoorzoekenveegvegen

Polskizamachzamiataćzamieść

Portuguêsescovarrasteiravarreduravarrer+ 1 more

Românămătură

Русскийместимчатьсянестисьподместиподметатьпрочеса́тьпрочёсывать+ 4 more

Slovenščinamesti

Shqipfshij

Српскиmahmestiкриломестимета+ 2 more

Svenskafinkamninggenomsökningsopasvepa+ 1 more

தமிழ்பெருக்கு

Тоҷикӣрӯфтан

ไทยกวาดปัดถู

Türkçesüpürmek

Українськаместирозмах

Tiếng Việtquếtquét dọn

Examples

“Give⟳ the front steps a quick sweep⟳ to get⟳ rid⟳ of those fallen leaves.”

“He was, perhaps, the English railwayman's conception of the French mécanicien - short and broad, black as a sweep⟳ even before we left Calais (but no blacker than I was on arrival at Paris) and wearing goggles and his uniform cap back to front.”

“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 MiG-17's inner wing has 45 degrees of sweep⟳.”

“the sweep⟳ of an epidemic disease”

“the sweep⟳ of a door; the sweep⟳ of the eye”

“the road which makes a small sweep⟳”

“I intend⟳ to muffle the sweeps and row the schooner up to the head of the creek there, from which point⟳ we can command the pile of sandal-wood with our gun.”

“I am primarily a sweep⟳ rower.”

“Octopus clambered about from hole to hole and startled sweep⟳ blurred away as we passed.”

“The Himalaya guards the southern rim of the plateau in one continuous sweep⟳ of 2250 km, each end⟳ marked by a massive mountain, Nanga Parbat on the Indus in the west and Namjagbarwa at the great bend⟳ of the Yarlung Tsangpo in the east.”

“A proposal to redistribute the diaries used in sweeps to provide⟳ a 4-week "buyer report⟳" earlier than the normal November sweep⟳ followed by three quarterly reports was not welcomed […]”

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