adv
Sweeping, making a sweeping motion.
v
(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
v
(intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
n
A thorough change of policies, personnel or things, removing or replacing all or almost all of what was there previously.
v
To sweep or curve downwards
v
(transitive) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
n
A stroke with a rod or switch.
n
(computing) A form of garbage collection in which every accessible object in memory is flagged, leaving unflagged only those that are no longer reachable and can thus be discarded.
n
(idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.
v
(transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
adj
(military, historical) Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them
v
(sports) To win such a match.
n
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
n
(medicine, informal) The removal of casualties from the scene of an accident or injury, so that they can be treated at a hospital or other facility.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To use a squeegee.
v
(swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To swipe.
n
(often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
adj
Of or like a swathe, in mowing.
v
(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
v
(idiomatic) To overcome an obstacle with little effort.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to completely destroy, to annihilate
v
(mathematics) To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis
v
(idiomatic) To win all the prizes in a competition.
v
(card games) To clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.
v
(transitive) to transport to shore by waves.
n
The matter that has been moved by a current.
n
(US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
adj
Characteristic of a sweep (in all senses)
n
(mathematics) The act or result of sweeping out
n
The envelope swept out by the sides of the vehicle body, or any other part of the structure of the vehicle. See: Swept Path Analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swept_path_analysis
v
(transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
v
(intransitive) To pass with pomp; to sweep.
n
An activity, usually involving children, where the participants use water balloons, guns and pistols to get each other wet.
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