[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweep \sweep\, v. i.
   1. to clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt,
      litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass over anything comprehensively; to range through
      with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweep \sweep\, v. t. imp.  p. p. swept; p. pr.  vb. n.
   sweeping. oe. swepen; akin to as. sw=apan. see swoop,
   v. i.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            i will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
                                                  --isa. xiv.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. --isa.
                                                  xxviii. 17.
      1913 webster

            i have already swept the stakes.      --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
      1913 webster

            their long descending train,
            with rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence,
      to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
      1913 webster

            and like a peacock sweep along his tail. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to strike with a long stroke.
      1913 webster

            wake into voice each silent string,
            and sweep the sounding lyre.          --pope.
      1913 webster

   6. naut. to draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the
      bottom of a river with a net.
      1913 webster

   7. to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an
      instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a
      telescope.
      1913 webster

   to sweep a mold or to sweep up a mold founding, to form
      the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing
      it around the pattern.
      1913 webster
see also:
swept sweeping swoop to sweep a mold to sweep up a mold 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweep \sweep\, n.
   1. the act of sweeping.
      1913 webster

   2. the compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
      1913 webster

   3. the compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the
      sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
      1913 webster

   4. the compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood
      carried away everything within its sweep.
      1913 webster

   5. violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an
      epidemic disease.
      1913 webster

   6. direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the
      sweep of a compass.
      1913 webster

   7. direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the
      like, away from a rectlinear line.
      1913 webster

            the road which makes a small sweep.   --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   8. one who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney
      sweeper.
      1913 webster

   9. founding a movable templet for making molds, in loam
      molding.
      1913 webster

   10. naut.
       a 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.
       b a large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel
           them and partly to steer them.
           1913 webster

   11. refining the almond furnace. obs.
       1913 webster

   12. 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. variously written
       swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe.
       1913 webster

   13. card playing 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.
       1913 webster

   14. pl. the sweeping of workshops where precious metals are
       worked, containing filings, etc.
       1913 webster

   sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass.

   sweep of the tiller naut., a circular frame on which the
      tiller traverses.
      1913 webster
see also:
swape sweep swepe swipe sweep net sweep of the tiller 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sweep
     n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" syn: expanse
     2: someone who cleans soot from chimneys syn: chimneysweeper,
         chimneysweep
     3: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge syn: slam
     4: a long oar used in an open boat syn: sweep oar
     5: american football an attempt to advance the ball by
        running around the end of the line syn: end run
     6: a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"
     v 1: sweep across or over; "her long skirt brushed the floor"; "a
          gasp swept cross the audience" syn: brush
     2: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "the diva
        swept into the room"; "shreds of paper sailed through the
        air"; "the searchlights swept across the sky" syn: sail
     3: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "sweep the crumbs
        off the table"; "sweep under the bed" syn: broom
     4: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
        action; "they were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me
        into this business" syn: embroil, tangle, sweep up,
         drag, drag in
     5: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "rivers
        traverse the valley floor", "the parking lot spans 3
        acres"; "the novel spans three centuries" syn: cross, traverse,
         span
     6: clean by sweeping; "please sweep the floor"
     7: win an overwhelming victory in or on; "her new show dog
        swept all championships"
     8: cover the entire range of
     9: make a big sweeping gesture or movement syn: swing, swing
        out
     also: swept
see also:
expanse chimneysweeper chimneysweep slam sweep oar end run 
brush sail broom embroil tangle 
sweep up drag drag in cross traverse 
span swing swing out swept 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

435 moby thesaurus words for "sweep":
   derby, kentucky derby, preakness stakes, s-curve, aberrancy,
   aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the jack,
   barrel, be effortless, be painless, bend, bend back, bending, bias,
   bingo, boom, bow, bowing, bowl, bowl along, branching off, breeze,
   breeze along, broom, brush, brush by, brush off, bunt, butt, carry,
   cascade, cataract, chase, chimney sweep, circle, circuitousness,
   cityscape, class lottery, clean, cleanser, clear, clear sight,
   clearance, clip, cloudscape, coast, coasting, color vision,
   compass, cone vision, conflexure, corner, course, cover, crook,
   crossing sweeper, curl, curvature, curve, cut along, dash,
   day vision, daylight vision, declination, decurve, deflect,
   deflection, deluge, demolish, departure, depredate, despoil,
   destroy, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness,
   diapason, digression, discernment, discursion, divagation,
   divarication, divergence, diversion, do, dogleg, dome, double,
   draft lottery, drawing, drift, drifting, drive, embow, encompass,
   engulf, environ, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation,
   extend, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farsight,
   farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, flat race,
   flection, fleece, fleet, flex, flexure, flit, flood, flounce, flow,
   flowing, flue cleaner, fly, fly low, foot, forage, foray, forward,
   freeboot, gamut, geanticline, geosyncline, give no trouble, glance,
   glide, gliding, glissade, go, go easily, go fast,
   go like clockwork, go out, go over, grab bag, graze, gut, hairpin,
   hairpin turn, handicap, handicap race, harness race, highball,
   hold, home on, hook, horizon, horse race, hump, hunch, hurdle race,
   ice-skate, identify, impel, incurvate, incurve, indirection,
   inflect, inflection, interest lottery, inundate, keen sight, ken,
   keno, kiss, landscape, lie, lookout, loop, loot, lottery, lotto,
   make knots, map, maraud, march, meander, measure, move,
   night vision, nip, number lottery, numbers pool, oar, obliquity,
   orbit, outlook, outstrip the wind, overbrim, overflow, overpass,
   overrun, overwhelm, oxbow, paddle, panorama, parade, pass,
   pass over, pass through, patrol, pedal, perambulate, perception,
   peregrinate, pererrate, pererration, peripheral field,
   peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity,
   photopia, pick up, pillage, pinpoint, plate race, plunder, ply,
   pole, pour it on, pour out, pour over, power of sight,
   present no difficulties, prey on, propel, prospect, purge,
   purse race, purview, push, quarter-horse race, quick sight, radius,
   raffle, raid, rambling, range, range over, ransack, ravage, raven,
   ravish, reach, reach out, receive, reconnoiter, recurve, reflect,
   reflection, reflex, register, reive, remove, retroflex, rifle, rip,
   riverscape, rod vision, roll, roller-skate, round, row, run,
   run over, run smoothly, sack, sag, sail, sailing, scale, scan,
   scape, scavenger, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scorch,
   scotopia, scour, scour the country, scout, scrape, scull, seascape,
   seeing, sense of sight, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course,
   shifting path, shove, shunt, sideslip, sight, sightedness, sizzle,
   skate, skateboard, skating, skew, ski, skid, skiing, skim,
   skyscape, slant, sled, sledding, sleigh, slide, sliding, slip,
   slipping, slither, slithering, slop, slosh, span, spectrum, speed,
   spill, spill out, spill over, spoil, spoliate, spot, spread, stake,
   stake race, steeplechase, steering oar, storm along, straddle,
   straying, street sweeper, stretch, stretch out, stroke, submerge,
   surround, swag, swamp, sweep along, sweep away, sweep out,
   sweep up, sweeper, sweeping, sweepstake, sweepstakes, swerve,
   swerving, swing, swinging, swoop, tack, take in, tear, tear along,
   thrust, thrust out, thunder along, tidy up, toboggan, tobogganing,
   tombola, tontine, touch lightly, touch upon, townscape, track,
   transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, treadle, trigger,
   troll, trotting race, trundle, tune in, turn, turning,
   twilight vision, twist, unobstructed vision, vacuum, vacuum-clean,
   variation, vault, veer, view, vision, vista, visual acuity,
   visual field, visual sense, voyage, wandering, warp, waterscape,
   whelm, whisk, whitewing, whiz, wind, wing, wipe out, work well,
   yaw, zigzag, zing, zip, zoom

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