sweep

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for sweep

sweep 🔊 /swiˈp/

sweep : අතුගෑම

sweep : පහර

sweep : පිරිසරනවා

sweep : පිස දැමීම

sweep : පිරිසරනය

sweep : දිගට යනවා

sweep : පිරිමැදීම

sweep : ශීඝ්‍ර ලෙස පැතිරෙනවා

sweep : කැතයා

sweep : හමදනවා

sweep : පිස දමනවා

sweep : අමදනවා

sweep : ලොතරැයිය

sweep : අද්දවනවා

sweep : පාර අතුගාන්නා

sweep : අතුගානවා

sweep : ඇදී යනවා

sweep : ආයා

sweep : වේගයෙන් ගමන් කරනවා

sweep : ආමානය

sweep : හමදි

sweep : තක්කඩියා

sweep : අමදිනවා

sweep definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. 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. 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. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
  4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
  5. To strike with a long stroke.
  6. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
  7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
  8. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
  9. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness 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. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

Noun.

  1. The act of sweeping.
  2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
  3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
  4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
  5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
  6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
  7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
  8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
  9. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
  10. The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.
  11. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
  12. The almond furnace.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.