Synonyms for Sweep
swipsweep

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1. sweep

   To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.

   Synonyms:
   brush, clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, sponge, wash, wipe

   Antonyms:
   befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiate

   Preposition:
   Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.

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1. sweepverb

   Synonyms:
   remove, clean, brush, carry off, destroy

2. sweepnoun

   Synonyms:
   compass, range, stroke,

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1. sweep, expansenoun

   a wide scope

   "the sweep of the plains"

   Synonyms:
   surface area, sweep, sweep oar, slam, area, end run, expanse, chimneysweep, chimneysweeper

2. chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweepnoun

   someone who cleans soot from chimneys

   Synonyms:
   sweep oar, sweep, chimneysweep, end run, chimneysweeper, slam, expanse

3. slam, sweepnoun

   winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

   Synonyms:
   barb, dig, sweep, sweep oar, slam, shot, chimneysweeper, shaft, expanse, jibe, end run, gibe, chimneysweep

4. sweep, sweep oarnoun

   a long oar used in an open boat

   Synonyms:
   sweep oar, sweep, chimneysweep, end run, chimneysweeper, slam, expanse

5. end run, sweepnoun

   (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

   Synonyms:
   sweep oar, sweep, chimneysweep, end run, chimneysweeper, slam, expanse

6. sweepverb

   a movement in an arc

   "a sweep of his arm"

   Synonyms:
   sweep oar, chimneysweep, end run, chimneysweeper, slam, expanse

7. brush, sweepverb

   sweep across or over

   "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"

   Synonyms:
   span, traverse, sweep, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, cross, drag in, broom

8. sweep, sailverb

   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:
   span, navigate, traverse, cross, drag, sweep, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, voyage, brush, swing out, swing, drag in, broom

9. sweep, broomverb

   sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

   "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"

   Synonyms:
   span, traverse, cross, drag, sweep, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, drag in, broom

10. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag inverb

    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:
    swing, sail, swing out, mat, entangle, espouse, get behind, snarl, scuff, hale, drag, sweep up, embrace, span, adopt, brush, drag out, tangle, hang back, trail, cart, puff, sweep, dishevel, traverse, broom, ravel, drag on, dredge, drop back, drag in, draw, cross, tousle, drop behind, embroil, haul, knot

11. cross, traverse, span, sweepverb

    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:
    sail, cut through, get over, scotch, swing out, frustrate, spoil, cut across, foil, drag, sweep up, span, hybridize, brush, thwart, tangle, crossbreed, baffle, sweep, intersect, traverse, broom, pass over, swing, drag in, cover, cross, hybridise, get across, deny, embroil, bilk, track, interbreed

12. sweepverb

    clean by sweeping

    "Please sweep the floor"

    Synonyms:
    span, traverse, cross, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, drag in, broom

13. sweepverb

    win an overwhelming victory in or on

    "Her new show dog swept all championships"

    Synonyms:
    span, traverse, cross, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, drag in, broom

14. sweepverb

    cover the entire range of

    Synonyms:
    span, traverse, cross, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, drag in, broom

15. swing, sweep, swing outverb

    make a big sweeping gesture or movement

    Synonyms:
    dangle, sweep up, sail, tangle, sway, broom, brush, drop, get around, swing, embroil, swing out, swing over, drag in, cross, sweep, span, drag, traverse

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1. • American Football
   • Clean
   • Cover
   • Involve
   • Move
   • Oar
   • Run
   • Victory
   • Win
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1. sweepverb

   Synonyms:
   clean (with a broom)

2. sweepverb

   Synonyms:
   graze, touch (in passing), brush, rub over

3. sweepverb

   Synonyms:
   traverse, pass over

4. sweepverb

   Synonyms:
   carry off, sweep off, sweep away

5. sweepnoun

   Synonyms:
   range, compass, scope

6. sweepnoun

   Synonyms:
   swipe, swape, well-sweep

7. sweepnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation

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1. List of paraphrases for "sweep":

   scanning, scan, sweeps, soup, devastate, incursion, scavenge, devastates, wipe

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1. Robert F. Kennedy:

   It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice.

2. Olivier Salgado:

   The operation against assailants in the camp premises ended. Search and sweep operations are ongoing.

3. Brad Parscale:

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5. Robert Francis Kennedy:

   Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.