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Crossword-Solution: SWEEP 5 letters, 215 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Sweep v. i. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose
dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose
of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also
figuratively.
Sweep 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.
Sweep v. i. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Sweep v. i. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion;
hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
Sweep v. i. To strike with a long stroke.
Sweep v. i. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom
of a river with a net.
Sweep v. i. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an
instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
Sweep v. i. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt,
litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
Sweep 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.
Sweep v. i. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through
with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
Sweep n. The act of sweeping.
Sweep n. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
Sweep n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the
sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
Sweep n. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood
carried away everything within its sweep.
Sweep n. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an
epidemic disease.
Sweep n. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the
sweep of a compass.
Sweep n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the
like, away from a rectlinear line.
Sweep n. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
Sweep n. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
Sweep n. The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the
rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.
Sweep n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and
partly to steer them.
Sweep n. The almond furnace.
Sweep n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal
fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a
well for drawing water.
Sweep n. In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the
cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of
all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.
Sweep n. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked,
containing filings, etc.

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Word Anagrams
SWEEP anagram WEEPS

We have 215 clues for the answer “SWEEP”

Clue Answers
"Chimney" or "clean" follower 1 answer
"Clean" series win 1 answer
"YANKS ___ PADRES!" 1 answer
4-0 Series win 1 answer
4-0 result in the playoffs 1 answer
4-0 series win, e.g. 1 answer
4-0 series, say 1 answer
7-0 record, e.g. 1 answer
Brush away. 1 answer
Brush up - look for bugs 1 answer
Bug hunt 1 answer
CHIMNEY cleaner 1 answer
Certain reconnaissance operation 1 answer
Check a room for bugs 1 answer
Check for electronic bugs 1 answer
Check for listening devices 1 answer
Chimney chaser 1 answer
Claim every prize 1 answer
Clean a porch 1 answer
Clean by brushing. 1 answer
Clean finish? 1 answer
Clean or chimney 1 answer
Clean or chimney follower 1 answer
Clean the carpet 1 answer
Clean up crumbs 1 answer
Clean with a whisk 1 answer
Clean with broom 1 answer
Clean with brush 1 answer
Clear some dust, as with a broom 1 answer
Clear the floor 1 answer
Complete victory. 1 answer
Comprehensive search 1 answer
Conquer all 1 answer
Deal with a dirty floor 1 answer
Do a custodial job 1 answer
Do a little housework 1 answer
Do cleaning work 1 answer
Electronic security check 1 answer
Four for four, say 1 answer
Four straight wins to start the World Series, e.g. 1 answer
Four-game World Series 1956 perfect game pitcher 1 answer
Four-game World Series, e.g. 1 answer
Full-scale victory 1 answer
Go 4-0 in the Series, e.g. 1 answer
Go 4-0, maybe 1 answer
Go majestically 1 answer
It's clean at times 1 answer
It's often clean 1 answer
Look (for), as electronic bugs 1 answer
Lopsided postseason result 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SWEEP (5)

But since a woman can’t show off in that way by herself, I shan’t marry—at least yet.” “That’s a terrible wooden story.” At this elegant criticism of her statement, Bathsheba made an addition to her dignity by a slight sweep away from him.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
And please don’t hurry it in there,” she put her arm over Thea’s shoulder, and indicated the passage by a sweep of her white glove.
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992
Master Scrooge's trunk being by this time tied on to the top of the chaise, the children bade the schoolmaster good-bye right willingly; and getting into it, drove gaily down the garden-sweep: the quick wheels dashing the hoar-frost and snow from off the dark leaves of the evergreens like spray.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 1992
The girls, who had expected no resistance whatever, were terrified by the sweep of the glittering axe and fled screaming into the city; so that our travelers passed the gates in safety and marched down the green marble pavement of the wide street toward the royal palace.
The Marvellous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum 1993
Womanly decorum would have suggested that Marguerite should return coldness for coldness, and should sweep past him without another word, only with a curt nod of the head: but womanly instinct suggested that she should remain—that keen instinct, which makes a beautiful woman conscious of her powers long to bring to her knees the one man who pays her no homage.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy 1993

Quotes with SWEEP (3)

There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.
Patrick Rothfuss The Wise Man's Fear
Bare heights of loneliness... a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.
Amy Carmichael
Linsey pulled away, smiling in a way that would have made him look almostangelic if it wasn’t for the blood smeared around his mouth. When he licked his lips clean, the angelic image became clearer. Blood welled up from two small cuts on his bottom lip, pooling in the full sweep his skin. I knew it wasn’t just my blood that I’d tasted.
Cyrese Covelli Bloodcharm
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 189 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).