sweep

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 References 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: swēp, IPA: /swiːp/, SAMPA: /swi:p/
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• Rhymes: -iːp

[edit] Etymology

From Old English swāpan; see also swoop.

[edit] Verb

to sweep (third-person singular simple present sweeps, present participle sweeping, simple past and past participle swept)

1. (transitive) To clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush.
2. (intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 236d.

     has the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent?

3. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
4. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
5. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
6. (transitive) (ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom

[edit] Derived terms

• sweeper
• sweep across
• sweep someone off their feet
• sweep up
• sweepy

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[edit] Noun

sweep (plural sweeps)

1. The person who steers a dragon boat.
2. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
3. A chimney sweep.
4. A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).
5. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
6. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

   Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.

7. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

[edit] Derived terms

• chimney sweep
• sweepstake

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[edit] References

• sweep in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eepsw
• weeps