Crossword-Solution: SWEEP
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| 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SWEEP | anagram | WEEPS |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
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covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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).