sweep >> swiːp
Definition: [verb] clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
Example: I've swept the floor
Definition: [verb] move swiftly and smoothly.
Example: a large black car swept past the open windows
Definition: [verb] search (an area) for something.
Example: the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints
Definition: [noun] an act of sweeping something with a brush.
Example: I was giving the floor a quick sweep
Definition: [noun] a long, swift curving movement.
Example: a grandiose sweep of his hand
Definition: [noun] a procedure for inducing labour in a pregnant woman, in which a medical practitioner moves a finger around within the opening of the cervix to detach the amniotic membranes.
Example: I went in for a sweep at 41 weeks
Definition: [noun] a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area.
Example: the police finished their sweep through the woods
Definition: [noun] a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land.
Example: we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across
Definition: [noun] a sweepstake.
Definition: [noun] an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.
Example: a World Series sweep
Definition: [noun] a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel.
Example: a big, heavy sweep oar
Definition: [noun] a sail of a windmill.
Definition: [noun] a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.