Definizione monolingua

sweep

sweep (third-person singular simple present sweeps, present participle sweeping, simple past and past participle swept)

1. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
2. (intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
   • 2005, w:Lesley Brown (translator), Sophist by Plato, 236d:

     [H]as the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent?

3. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
   • 2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton”, BBC:

     Everton took that disputed lead in a moment that caused anger to sweep around the Emirates.

5. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
6. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
7. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom
8. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
9. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

sweep (plural sweeps)

1. The person who steers a dragon boat.
2. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
3. A chimney sweep.
4. A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).
5. (cricket) A batsmans shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
6. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

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

7. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
8. A single action of sweeping.

Definizione dizionario sweep

	spazzare
	to clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush
	Toccare con un movimento ampio.
	To touch with a sweeping motion.

	scopare
	to clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush

	ramazzare
	to clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush

	organizzare
	To undertake e-mail cleanup actions in Hotmail via the Sweep menu.

	setacciare
	search (a place) methodically

cancellare

curva

pulire

ribaltabile

scopata

spazzacamino

spazzata

trascinare

Altri significati:

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

(intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

(transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom

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

(cricket) To play a sweep shot.

A single action of sweeping.

(cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.

to move through an arc or similar long stroke

A chimney sweep.

(intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.

(transitive) To search (a place) methodically.

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

curling: brush the ice in curling

A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).

The person who steers a dragon boat.

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

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