English

Pronunciation
AHD|sw�p, IPA|/swi�p/, SAMPA|/swi:p/
audio|en-us-sweep.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p|-i�p

Etymology
Old English sw�pan; see also swoop

Verb
en-verb|sweeps|sweeping|swept

1. transitive To clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush.
2. intransitive To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|236d.
#*: has the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent?

1. transitive To search (a place) methodically.
2. cricket To play a sweep shot.
3. curling To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
4. transitive ergative To move something in a particular motion, as a broom

Translations
trans-top|to clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush
Bosnian: mesti#Bosnian|mesti, pomesti#Bosnian|pomesti
Croatian: mesti#Croatian|mesti, pomesti#Croatian|pomesti
French: balayer
German: fegen, kehren
Italian: spazzare, scopare
Japanese: ���� (�����, s�ji-suru), �� (haku)
Portuguese: varrer
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Russian: подме�а��, ме��и
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ме��и#Serbian|ме��и, поме��и#Serbian|поме��и
:Roman: mesti#Serbian|mesti, pomesti#Serbian|pomesti
Spanish: barrer#Spanish|barrer
Telugu: �డ��� (ooDchu)
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trans-top|to move through an arc or similar long stroke
Japanese: ���� (s�in-suru)
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trans-top|search (a place) methodically
French: balayer
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Portuguese: varrer
Russian: п�о����ва�� (proch'yosivat)
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trans-top|cricket: play a sweep shot
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trans-top|curling: brush the ice in curling
Japanese: �� (haku)
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to move something in a certain motion

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Dutch: vegen
ttbc|Esperanto: balai
ttbc|Ido: balayar
ttbc|Indonesian: sapu|menyapu
ttbc|Turkish: süpür

Noun
en-noun

1. The person who steers a dragon boat.
2. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
3. A chimney sweep.
4. A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).
5. cricket A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
6. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

#:Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.

1. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

Derived terms
chimney sweep

Translations
trans-top|person who steers a dragon boat
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chimney sweep
See chimney sweep

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trans-top|a search for bugs (electronic listening devices)
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trans-top|type of shot in cricket
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References
R:1913

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