1. (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.

2. (v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, 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. (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

4. (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

5. (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

6. (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.

7. (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.

8. (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.

9. (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with swiftness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.

10. (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

11. (n.) The act of sweeping.

12. (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

13. (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

14. (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.

15. (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.

16. (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectilinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

17. (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectilinear line.

18. (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

19. (n.) A movable template for making molds, in loam molding.

20. (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rung heads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

21. (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

22. (n.) The almond furnace.

23. (n.) 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.

24. (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

25. (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

4563. saroo -- to sweep
... to sweep. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: saroo Phonetic Spelling:
(sar-o'-o) Short Definition: I sweep Definition: I sweep, cleanse by sweeping. ...
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3511. neokoros -- a temple keeper
... Word Origin from a form of naos and koreo (to sweep) Definition a temple keeper
NASB Word Usage guardian of the temple (1). a temple keeper, guardian. ...
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2894. tu -- to sweep
... tu or tete. 2895 . to sweep. Transliteration: tu or tete Phonetic Spelling: (too)
Short Definition: sweep. ... root Definition to sweep NASB Word Usage sweep (1). ...
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3261. yaah -- to sweep together
... to sweep together. Transliteration: yaah Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-aw') Short Definition:
away. ... root Definition to sweep together NASB Word Usage sweep away (1). ...
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1640. garaph -- to sweep away
... to sweep away. Transliteration: garaph Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-raf') Short Definition:
away. ... root Definition to sweep away NASB Word Usage swept them away (1). ...
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5595. saphah -- to sweep or snatch away, catch up
... 5594, 5595. saphah. 5596 . to sweep or snatch away, catch up. Transliteration:
saphah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-faw') Short Definition: away. Word Origin a prim ...
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8175a. saar -- to sweep or whirl away
... 8175, 8175a. saar. 8175b . to sweep or whirl away. Transliteration: saar
Short Definition: whirlwind. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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8192. shaphah -- to sweep bare
... to sweep bare. Transliteration: shaphah Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-faw') Short Definition:
bare. ... root Definition to sweep bare NASB Word Usage bare (1), stick (1). ...
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8175. sa'ar -- to sweep or whirl away
sa'ar. 8174b, 8175. sa'ar. 8175a . to sweep or whirl away. Transliteration:
sa'ar Phonetic Spelling: (saw-ar') Short Definition: afraid. ...
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1197a. baar -- to burn, consume
... root Definition to burn, consume NASB Word Usage blazed (1), burn (15), burned
(12), burning (13), burns (3), clean sweep (1), consume (1), consumed (2 ...
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5502. sachaph -- prostrate
... root Definition prostrate NASB Word Usage become prostrate (1), driving (1). sweep
away. A primitive root; to scrape off -- sweep (away). 5501b, 5502. ...
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7462a. raah -- to pasture, tend, graze
... 1), shepherds (37), shepherds who are tending (1), shepherds will not feed (1),
shepherds fed (1), shepherds feed (1), shepherds' (2), sweep away (1), sweep ...
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Lot's Escape from a Wicked City
... direction of Sodom. Then Abraham drew near to Jehovah and said, "Wilt thou
sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there ...
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Letter vi. Associates and Friends.
... They are "all tired out" if they sweep and dust or do housework for an hour or two,
or take a half-mile walk on an errand, or sew continuously for an hour. ...
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SM Graham. God with us on the Deep.
... 3 There is a loneliness Upon the mighty deep; And hurried thoughts upon us
press, As onward still we sweep. ... 6 Sweep, mighty ocean, sweep! ...
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The Greatest Prayer.
... It takes in the whole sweep of our lives, and every detail of them. ... Thy will
be fully accomplished in its whole sweep and in all its items. ...
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The Memories of Home. [A]
... painful. When we leave the parental home for some distant land, how many
pleasing recollections sweep over our spirits then. Even ...
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The Plagues
... swan. Pepi was at the long-handled sweep in the stern. ... fly. With a mighty
effort she shook off her servants and sprang to the sweep. ...
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And as She Stood Looking Towards London, Diamond Saw that She was ...
... "No, Diamond," she answered, looking down upon him with a smile; "I am only getting
ready to sweep one of my rooms. ... "Is this the way you sweep, North Wind?". ...
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The Noachic Covenant
... Instead of praying to a God whom we never saw, why not pray to the thunderclouds
not to strike us dead, and to the seas and rivers not to sweep us away? ...
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Chapter twenty-eight
... A strong odor of beer floated up to Burns as he stood on the steps. He clutched
his broom handle tightly and began to sweep again. ...
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The Lost Coin.
... "Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not
light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? ...
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Sweep (34 Occurrences)
... To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush,
or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor ...
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Besom (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To sweep, as with a besom. Int. ... BESOM. be'-zum: Occurs only once in Scripture:
"I will sweep it with the besom of destruction" (Isaiah 14:23). ...
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Swept (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Sweep. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of
Sweep. Multi-Version Concordance Swept (43 Occurrences). ...
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Urinates (6 Occurrences)
... and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up
and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house ...
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Overwhelm (18 Occurrences)
... 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus
will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the ...
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Man-child (11 Occurrences)
... house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut
up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the ...
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Broom (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound
together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub ...
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Crane (2 Occurrences)
... Next to the ostrich and pelican they were the largest birds, having a wing
sweep of 8 ft. from tip to tip and standing 4 ft. in height. ...
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Sweepeth (3 Occurrences)
... house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut
up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the ...
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Soup (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To sup or swallow. 3. (vt) To breathe out. 4. (vt) To sweep. See Sweep,
and Swoop. Multi-Version Concordance Soup (10 Occurrences). ...
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