0 to clean something, especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed:
sweep the floor
1 to move, especially quickly and powerfully:
2 to remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way:
3 to win all the parts of a competition, or to win very easily:
4 a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area:
With a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water.
A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.
6 a situation in which one player, team, etc. wins everything that is available:
7 a period of time when measurements of the number of people watching different television stations are made so that the cost of advertising on each station can be set
8 to clean a floor or other surface by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed:
9 to remove or take something in a particular direction, esp. suddenly and with force:
10 to move quickly and sometimes forcefully:
[ I always + adv/prep ] A stiff breeze swept across the parking lot.
[ I always + adv/prep ] He would sweep through the room shaking hands with everyone.
[ T ] Our headlights were sweeping the trees ahead.
11 to win all the parts of a competition:
13 the fact of winning everything that is available or all parts of a competition:
When I arrived he was sweeping the leaves from the driveway.
The article describes the religious mania which is sweeping the US.
A wave of panic swept through the crowd and people started running.
The fire brigade tried to bring the blaze under control but it swept quickly throughout the building.
It arose in the wake of punk, which sought to sweep away what its proponents saw as the empty virtuosity of rock dinosaurs.
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