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v. i.
To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
n. pl.
Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
n.
The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
a.
Moving with a sweeping motion.
n.
The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
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A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
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A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
v. i.
To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
v. i.
To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.
a.
Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
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One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
v. i.
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
n.
One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
n.
The act of sweeping.
v. i.
To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.
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Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
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The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
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One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.
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Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
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The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
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