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| sweep | 1. 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. "I will sweep it with the besom of destruction." (Isa. Xiv. 23) 2. 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. "The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies." (Isa. Xxviii. 17) "I have already swept the stakes." (Dryden) 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. "Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain." (Dryden) 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. "And like a peacock sweep along his tail." (Shak) 5. To strike with a long stroke. "Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre." (Pope) 6. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. To sweep, or sweep up, a mold, to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. Origin: OE. Swepen; akin to AS. Swapan. See Swoop. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. "The road which makes a small sweep." (Sir W. Scott) 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. 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. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. The almond furnace. 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. 13. 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. 14. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. Sweep of the tiller, a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc, or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc, with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. 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. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| chimney sweep's cancer | A squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum, occurring as an occupational disease in chimney sweeps. The first reported form of occupational cancer (by Sir Percival Pott). (05 Mar 2000) |
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brush: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" 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" sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" embroil: 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" cross: 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" chimneysweeper: someone who cleans soot from chimneys slam: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor" win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships" a long oar used in an open boat cover the entire range of end run: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line swing: make a big sweeping gesture or movement a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"
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1. A single traversal of the electron beam along any coordinate axis on the face of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. 2. A single rotation of an antenna at fixed azimuth or elevation.
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To follow a log drive downstream to salvage logs snagged on the banks after the main drive had passed.
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The uniform and repeated movement of a spot across the screen of the cathode ray tube to form the horizontal baseline.
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The balista or engine anciently used for casting stones into fortresses.
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| sweep | (football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line |
| sweep | a long oar used in an open boat |
| sweep | a wide scope |
| sweep | winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge |
| sweep | someone who cleans soot from chimneys |
| sweep | win an overwhelming victory in or on |
| sweep | sweep with a broom or as if with a broom |
| sweep | clean by sweeping |
| sweep | make a big sweeping gesture or movement |
| sweep | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions |
| sweep | sweep across or over |
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