sweep

sweep is a 5-letter English word with 40 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 40 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
4. intransitive verb. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
5. intransitive verb. To strike with a long stroke.
6. intransitive verb. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
7. intransitive verb. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
8. intransitive verb. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
9. intransitive verb. 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.
10. intransitive verb. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
11. noun. The act of sweeping.
12. noun. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
13. noun. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
14. noun. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
15. noun. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
16. noun. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
17. noun. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
18. noun. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
19. noun. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
20. noun. 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.
21. noun. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
22. noun. The almond furnace.
23. noun. 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.
24. noun. 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.
25. noun. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
26. noun. a movement in an arc

    "a sweep of his arm"

27. noun. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
28. noun. a long oar used in an open boat
29. noun. a wide scope

    "the sweep of the plains"

    Synonyms: expanse

30. noun. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

    Synonyms: slam

31. noun. someone who cleans soot from chimneys

    Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper

32. verb. win an overwhelming victory in or on

    "Her new show dog swept all championships"

33. verb. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

    "Sweep the crumbs off the table"

    "Sweep under the bed"

    Synonyms: broom

34. verb. clean by sweeping

    "Please sweep the floor"

35. verb. make a big sweeping gesture or movement

    Synonyms: swing

36. verb. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

    "The diva swept into the room"

    "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"

    Synonyms: sail

37. verb. sweep across or over

    "Her long skirt brushed the floor"

    "A gasp swept cross the audience"

    Synonyms: brush

38. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: drag, embroil, tangle

39. verb. to cover or extend over an area or time period, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"

    "Rivers traverse the valley floor"

    "The novel spans three centuries"

    Synonyms: cross, span, traverse

40. verb. cover the entire range of

Synonyms

expanse, slam, chimneysweep, chimneysweeper, broom, swing, sail, brush, drag, embroil, tangle, cross, span, traverse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sweep:

weeps

Common word forms

sweeps, sweeper, sweeping, sweepable

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