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.

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.

To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

See Oar.

A type of rowing, in which each rower uses only one oar; differs from "sculling," in which each rower uses two oars.

The type of rowing using only one oar. Done in a pair with or without coxswain (2+), a four with or without coxswain (4+), and a eight (8+).

To strike with a long stroke.

The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

An outside running play with pulling guards.

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

a play that clears the table of all exposed cards The game then proceeds by the next player placing a card on the table face upwards

A run around the end of the line.

Technique in which catches the opponents foot for feet and unbalances him or her.

a low kicking attack in which the striking leg travels in anarc around the body

a method of bringing an opponent to the ground

a relatively new enforcement technique involving the simultaneous investigation of numerous individuals, broker-dealers or issuers, with multiple actions being announced on the same day for maximum deterrent effect

To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.

time-dependent information created by the electron beam moving across a CRT screen.

(Jargon Rating= 0) To pass quickly across, as when searching.

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"

To follow a log drive downstream to salvage logs snagged on the banks after the main drive had passed.

A gradual (but pronounced) bend in a log, pole, or piling; considered a defect. Sweep in a log is analogous to "bow" in a piece of lumber.

A measure of the bend in a log calculated as the maximum distance of the centre of the log from a straight line joining the centre of the log at each end of the log. Sweep can be expressed as a proportion of the small end diameter of the log.

A gradual bend in a tree trunk recognized by off-vertical growth in the lower stem and more vertical growth of the upper stem. Also referred to as a corrected lean.

Shmup technique sometimes used against bosses or large groups of weaker enemies, which involves the player moving his craft back and forth, left to right (or up to down, if playing a horizontal shmup) in large increments, covering most of the screen's available width/height, firing constantly. Allows the player to spread his shots out over a wide area and at the same time avoid staying in one place too long, so as to give enemies using aimed attacks a more difficult target to hit.

a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"

(see pic above) A hit executed towards his leg or on side, by "sweeping" his bat around his body.

a type of batsman's shot played by kneeling, often putting the back leg's knee on the pitch, and swinging the bat in a horizontal arc across the body, hitting the ball to the leg side, usually played to balls from a slow bowler that pitch near the batsman. v.i. to play a sweep shot. v.t. to hit the ball with a sweep.

One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

someone who cleans soot from chimneys

clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor"

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.

an option to specify a percentage of excess cash flow that will be automatically moved into the taxable saving portfolio.

a methodical moving out of homeless people from an area so that the rich or powerful or tourists do not see the uglier parts of life that we all like to ignore when it is convenient

The device on the lane machine that removes the dead wood from the pin deck into the pit.

The act of clearing funds from a lockbox account for disbursement by the secured creditors who set up the account on behalf of the client. ()

The device on the pin-setter which clears the plate.

TV and radio survey periods during which audience listening habits are measured and are available for purchase by market.

The period of the year when a rating service measures the television audience in the local markets.

Periods in the year when rating services measure the television audience.

Maximum lateral deviation from straightness of a structural member, measured at right angles to the Y-Y axis.

The amount of deviation of straightness of a structural section measured perpendicular to the web of the member.

Deviation of a pole from straightness. ( See Figure 1)