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sweep

გამოთქმა: /swiːp/

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Universal
  • 1an act of sweeping something with a brush:I was giving the floor a quick sweep
  • short for chimney sweep.
  • 2a long, swift curving movement:a grandiose sweep of his hand
  • Electronics the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
  • Cricket an attacking stroke in which the bat is brought across the body from a half-kneeling position to hit the ball to leg.
  • 3a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area:the police finished their sweep through the woods
  • (often sweeps) North American a survey of the ratings of television stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates.
  • 4a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, country, etc.:we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across
  • a curved part of a drive in front of a building:one fork of the drive continued on to the gravel sweep
  • the range or scope of something:the whole sweep of the history of the USSR
  • 5 informal a sweepstake.
  • 6North American an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest:a World Series sweep
  • 7a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel: [as modifier]:a big, heavy sweep oar
  • 8a sail of a windmill.
  • 9a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.

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Universal
  • 1clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter:I’ve swept the floor Greg swept out the kitchen
  • [with object and adverbial of direction] move or remove (dirt or litter) by brushing it away:she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan
  • [with object and adverbial of direction] move or push (someone or something) with great force:I was swept along by the crowd figurativeNahum’s smile swept away the air of apprehensive gloom
  • [with object and adverbial of direction] brush (hair) back from one’s face or upwards:long hair swept up into a high chignon
  • Cricket hit (the ball) on the leg side by bringing the bat across the body from a half-kneeling position; hit a ball delivered by (a bowler) with such a stroke.
  • 2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move swiftly and smoothly:a large black car swept past the open windows figurativehis cool grey eyes swept over her
  • (of a person) move in a confident and stately manner:she swept magnificently from the hall
  • affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely:the rebellion had swept through all four of the country’s provinces [with object]:violence swept the country
  • (of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve:green forests swept down the hillsides
  • [with object] North American win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event):we knew we had to sweep these three home games
  • 3search (an area) for something:the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints
  • examine (something) for electronic listening devices:the line is swept every fifteen minutes
  • cover (an entire area) with a gun:they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench

make a clean sweep

see clean.

sweep the board

win every event or prize in a contest.

sweep someone off their feet

see foot.

sweep something under the carpet

see carpet.

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