10 examples of sweep
1
to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
2
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.
3
to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
4
to sweep the heavens with a telescope
5
the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.
6
his eye sweeps through space
7
a long sweep
8
the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye
9
the flood carried away everything within its sweep
10
the sweep of an epidemic disease