barrida

Phonetic: "/swiːp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A single action of sweeping.

Example: Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.

Definition: The person who steers a dragon boat.

Definition: A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.

Definition: A chimney sweep.

Definition: A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).

Definition: A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.

Example: Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper

Definition: A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

Example: Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.

Definition: A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

Definition: A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.

Definition: Violent and general destruction.

Example: the sweep of an epidemic disease

Definition: A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.

Definition: In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.

Definition: The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

Example: the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye

Definition: Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.

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

Definition: A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.

Example: I am primarily a sweep rower.

Definition: (refining) The almond furnace.

Definition: 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.

Definition: Any of the blades of a windmill.

Definition: (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

Definition: Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

Definition: An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

Phonetic: "/swiːp/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Example: to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney

Definition: To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

Example: The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.

Definition: To search (a place) methodically.

Definition: To travel quickly.

Definition: To play a sweep shot.

Definition: To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.

Definition: To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.

Definition: To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

Definition: To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

Definition: To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.

Example: She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.

Definition: To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Example: Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain.

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

Definition: To strike with a long stroke.

Definition: To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.

Definition: To draw or drag something over.

Example: to sweep the bottom of a river with a net

Definition: To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.

Example: to sweep the heavens with a telescope

Definition: (including) to vacuum a carpet or rug