Sweep
verb
To clean a surface, usually the floor, using a broom.
Every evening she sweeps the kitchen floor.
Often appears as...
- sweep the floor
- sweep the room
verb
To move swiftly and directly.
The storm swept across the country, causing widespread damage.
Often appears as...
- sweep across
- sweep through
verb
To win all the games, stages, etc., in a competition.
The team swept the series 4-0.
Often appears as...
- sweep the series
- sweep the board
noun
A quick look or search of a certain area.
The police did a sweep of the area, looking for the missing child.
Often appears as...
- police sweep
- security sweep
noun
A person who cleans chimneys.
We hired a sweep to clean out the chimney before winter.
Often appears as...
- chimney sweep
- hire a sweep
verb
To move or force someone or something in a particular direction.
She swept the crumbs off the table.
Often appears as...
- sweep off
- sweep away
verb
To clean a surface, usually the floor, using a broom.
Every evening she sweeps the kitchen floor.
Often appears as...
- sweep the floor
- sweep the room
verb
To move swiftly and directly.
The storm swept across the country, causing widespread damage.
Often appears as...
- sweep across
- sweep through
verb
To win all the games, stages, etc., in a competition.
The team swept the series 4-0.
Often appears as...
- sweep the series
- sweep the board
noun
A quick look or search of a certain area.
The police did a sweep of the area, looking for the missing child.
Often appears as...
- police sweep
- security sweep
noun
A person who cleans chimneys.
We hired a sweep to clean out the chimney before winter.
Often appears as...
- chimney sweep
- hire a sweep
verb
To move or force someone or something in a particular direction.
She swept the crumbs off the table.
Often appears as...
- sweep off
- sweep away
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Visualize using a broom in a sweeping motion to remove dirt or debris from surfaces.
The janitor swept up the shattered glass.
Pro Tip 2/2Consistent Routine
'Sweep' implies regular cleaning activity, not just a one-time action.
He sweeps his shop every morning before opening.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Visualize using a broom in a sweeping motion to remove dirt or debris from surfaces.
The janitor swept up the shattered glass.
Pro Tip 2/2Consistent Routine
'Sweep' implies regular cleaning activity, not just a one-time action.
He sweeps his shop every morning before opening.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Visualize using a broom in a sweeping motion to remove dirt or debris from surfaces.
The janitor swept up the shattered glass.
Pro Tip 2/2Consistent Routine
'Sweep' implies regular cleaning activity, not just a one-time action.
He sweeps his shop every morning before opening.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
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Thanks to Shrimp, These...
are keeping it clean and they're sweeping off the sediment from the bottom they're turning a lot of that material into their own bodies and that the shrimp are able to use a lot of things that would otherwise pile up and be kind of slimy and not very attractive to swimmers and so all that sweeping and all that movement that
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Filming Antarctica's...
think it's one of the most challenging places that i have ever directed a shoot the contrast between above the ice in antarctica where of course it's like leaking ancient ices being swept by snow when you go below the ice you sort of drop down this drilled hole down into the world below
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Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
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We must reignite dream...
started the future project we asked ourselves a different kind of question about the solution we we were inspired by examples of new schools that have been created by sweeping policy changes that had been made but we were impatient and we said how could we create
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Deadly Predators of the...
where the strongest currents sweep in the most food. For the small fish that live here, to venture into the blue water is a huge gamble, but they've got to do it to feed. If they get it wrong and go too far, that can mean the difference between life and death.
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Symbiosis: A surprising...
for extracting seeds from cones, and whitebarks' branches all sweep upwards with the cones at the very ends, so they can offer them to the nutcrackers as they fly by. That's a Two species cooperating to help each other for the benefit of all.
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Should we get rid of...
So standardized tests may help us learn a little about a lot of people in a short time, but they usually can't tell us a lot about a single person. Many social scientists worry about test scores resulting in sweeping
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The physics of the...
Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.
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Killer Ant Swarm...
dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
Video examples
Thanks to Shrimp, These...
are keeping it clean and they're sweeping off the sediment from the bottom they're turning a lot of that material into their own bodies and that the shrimp are able to use a lot of things that would otherwise pile up and be kind of slimy and not very attractive to swimmers and so all that sweeping and all that movement that
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
think it's one of the most challenging places that i have ever directed a shoot the contrast between above the ice in antarctica where of course it's like leaking ancient ices being swept by snow when you go below the ice you sort of drop down this drilled hole down into the world below
Video examples
Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
Video examples
We must reignite dream...
started the future project we asked ourselves a different kind of question about the solution we we were inspired by examples of new schools that have been created by sweeping policy changes that had been made but we were impatient and we said how could we create
Video examples
Deadly Predators of the...
where the strongest currents sweep in the most food. For the small fish that live here, to venture into the blue water is a huge gamble, but they've got to do it to feed. If they get it wrong and go too far, that can mean the difference between life and death.
Video examples
Symbiosis: A surprising...
for extracting seeds from cones, and whitebarks' branches all sweep upwards with the cones at the very ends, so they can offer them to the nutcrackers as they fly by. That's a Two species cooperating to help each other for the benefit of all.
Video examples
Should we get rid of...
So standardized tests may help us learn a little about a lot of people in a short time, but they usually can't tell us a lot about a single person. Many social scientists worry about test scores resulting in sweeping
Video examples
The physics of the...
Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe, pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance.
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
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Quote examples
Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
In putting setting to work, I like to think about long shots and close-ups. The long shot is the overall view of the place in which the characters live - the island, the town, the wide sweep of place. Then we narrow in. The close-up, the tight focus, makes the place different from anywhere else.
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Philip Larkin
English Poet
In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make. By loving others, but across most it sweeps. As all they might have done had they been loved. That nothing cures.
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Knut Hamsun
Norwegian Author
It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?
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Kelly Brook
English Model
I don't want to make the same mistakes of being swept along with things, taking on jobs that I'm not passionate about, that I don't really believe in but that everyone says I should do.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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Gemma Ward
Australian Actress
Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle - clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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Bernadette Peters
American Actress
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
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Eric Fellner
British Producer
You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare.
Quote examples
Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
In putting setting to work, I like to think about long shots and close-ups. The long shot is the overall view of the place in which the characters live - the island, the town, the wide sweep of place. Then we narrow in. The close-up, the tight focus, makes the place different from anywhere else.
Quote examples
Philip Larkin
English Poet
In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make. By loving others, but across most it sweeps. As all they might have done had they been loved. That nothing cures.
Quote examples
Knut Hamsun
Norwegian Author
It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?
Quote examples
Kelly Brook
English Model
I don't want to make the same mistakes of being swept along with things, taking on jobs that I'm not passionate about, that I don't really believe in but that everyone says I should do.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
Quote examples
Gemma Ward
Australian Actress
Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle - clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Quote examples
Bernadette Peters
American Actress
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.
Quote examples
Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
Quote examples
Eric Fellner
British Producer
You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare.
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