Found 4 items, similar to sweep.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: sweep menyapu
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sweep membujur, menyapu, sikatan, usapan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sweep 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” [also: swept] sweep 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: sweep 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]