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To strike with a long stroke.
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The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
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The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
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Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
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Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
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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.
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A sequence of puretone frequencies, which generates a frequency response curve.
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A stroke made in a broad curve, turning a canoe in the direction opposite the sweeping side when performed by the sternsman.
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moving an insect sweep net in a back and forth motion to collect insects from vegetation
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A stroke on which the blade moves through the water in a wide curve, thus helping to steer as well as propelling the vessel.
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A controlled forward motion by a base(s) to release a flyer to a cradle catch.
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