Synonyms:
sweep, expanse
Meaning: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
brush, sweep
Meaning: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
Synonyms:
sweep, sail
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
sweep, broom
Meaning: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
Synonyms:
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep_up, drag, drag_in
Meaning: 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:
cross, traverse, span, sweep
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
sweep
Meaning: clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor"
Synonyms:
sweep
Meaning: win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships"
Usage examples
How they sweep down and out!
He studied critically the wide sweep of the river.
'I shall be able to sweep out all those you don't like.
But a sweep for so distant a planet would be no easy matter.
Sweep the floor after dark, you'll see sickness before morning.
So striking a coincidence seemed sufficient to justify a Herschelian "sweep" for a week or two.
Tit moved on with sweep after sweep of his scythe, not stopping nor showing signs of weariness.
I do not know; nor do I know how the roads can be swept without getting somebody to sweep them.
'I tell you, Fledgeby,' repeated Lammle, with a sweep of his right arm, 'the whole thing's wrong.
And the way it increases will be for the radius vector to lengthen, so as to sweep out a bigger area.