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What does the word sweep mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

Part of speech: verb transitive

Part of speech: verb

Part of speech: verb

Part of speech: noun

Part of speech: noun

The act or result of sweeping; a broad, strong, sustained movement, as of a river.

Part of speech: noun

Range, compass, extent of stroke, or of vision, etc.; a curve or bend, or something bent.

Part of speech: noun

Usage examples for sweep

It would have been of no use to follow the course of the shore, for the waves ran still higher there on account of the greater sweep the wind had. – Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
The States, not much wiser after the experience of Nieuport, were again desirous that Maurice should march into Flanders, relieve Ostend, and sweep the archduke into the sea. – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley
Let your mind sweep over your record for the past year. – Sowing and Reaping by Dwight Moody

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