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/swˈiːp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sweep"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clean a place by using a broom
Transitive: to sweep a place
to sweep definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The janitor sweeps the hallway to keep it clean and tidy.
āĻœā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāϞāĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻžā§œā§ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§‹āĻ›āĻžāϞ⧋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to brush or comb hair back from the face
Transitive: to sweep hair somewhere
to sweep definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He swept his hair to the side to keep it out of his eyes.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to influence or cover an area or place quickly and broadly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A wave of relief swept through the team when they heard they had won.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻļ⧁āύāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĸ⧇āω āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move swiftly and smoothly across a surface or through the air, often in a broad or wide-ranging motion
Intransitive: to sweep somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind swept through the valley, bending the tall grasses in its path.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻž āĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϘāĻžāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clear away dirt, litter, or debris by using a sweeping motion, typically with a broom or similar tool
Transitive: to sweep dirt or litter somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The maid swept the dust from the corners of the room.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϧ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stretch or extend continuously in a specific direction, often forming a curve
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mountain range sweeps across the horizon, creating a stunning backdrop.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧁āύ

to win every game or event in a series
Transitive: to sweep a competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She swept the competition, claiming first place in every event.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāρāϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to move something quickly and smoothly across a surface
Transitive: to sweep sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I accidentally swept the papers off the desk while reaching for my pen.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cover or target an entire area with a gun, typically by firing in a sweeping motion or pattern
Transitive: to sweep an area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers were ordered to sweep the building with their weapons drawn.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a broad range or extent, often of influence, motion, or effect

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The director captured the sweep of the landscape in a single shot.
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āϏ⧁āχāĻĒ, āϏāĻžāχāĻĄāϞāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ

(American football) a running play where the ball carrier runs toward the sideline to gain yards
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They used a sweep to gain yards on the outside.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—āϜ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āχāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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a curved or arcing movement

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He swung his arm in a wide sweep.
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a long oar used to propel an open boat

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coxswain instructed them to use their sweeps evenly.
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a win of all or nearly all tricks in a game of bridge

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team managed a complete sweep of the tricks.
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a person whose job is cleaning soot from chimneys

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Chimney sweeps were essential in Victorian London.

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