Look up: Sweep

1. Sweep
   The steering oar on keel boats, rafts, etc.
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2. sweep
   [n] - a wide scope 2. [n] - a long oar used in an open boat 3. [n] - a movement in an arc 4. [v] - cover the entire range of 5. [v] - move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions 6. [v] - clean by sweeping 7. [v] - sweep with a broom or as if with a broom 8. [v] - win an overwhelming victory in or on
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3. Sweep
   A modelling technique similar to extrusion in which a twodimensional profile is replicated along a path, then joined to form a continuous three-dimensional surface. Unlike extrusion, however, this path need not be perpendicular to the profile. By sweeping a circular profile along a helical path, for...
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4. Sweep
   the rope (usually wire) between the otter board and trawl net.
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5. sweep
   a curve in a stem or log(hence 'sabre butt'),as distinct from an abrupt bend Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a rapid and wide horizontal deflection of a cathode-ray beam that causes the spot to move across the screen(as in an oscilloscope or a te...
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6. Sweep
   Sweep transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Swept ; present participle & verbal noun Sweeping .] [ Middle English swepen ; akin to Anglo-Saxon swāpan . See ...
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7. Sweep
   Sweep intransitive verb 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the sur...
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8. Sweep
   Sweep 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. ...
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9. sweep
   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. 'I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.' (Isa. Xiv. 23) ... 2. To drive or ca...
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10. sweep
    sweep oar noun a long oar used in an open boat
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11. sweep
    noun a wide scope; `the sweep of the plains`
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12. Sweep
    • (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. • (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. • (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as...
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13. sweep
    (from the article `agricultural technology`) ...out in such a way that crop residues are left on the surface. This system is called trash farming, stubble mulch, or subsurface tillage. Principal ...
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14. Sweep
    The act of using all available cash flow for the repayment of debt service.
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15. sweep
    
    • a wide scope
    • someone who cleans soot from chimneys
    • winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
    • a long oar used in an open boat
    • (football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
    • a movement in an arc
    
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16. Sweep
    The curvature of a structural member in the perpendicular transverse direction of its vertical axis. [] [T]
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17. sweep
    spot displacement produced by the time base
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18. sweep
    a running play in which several blockers lead a running back on a designed play to the outside. Depending on the number of blockers and the design of the play this is sometimes referred to as a 'power sweep' or 'student-body-right' (or left).
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19. Sweep
    Sweep is slang for to remove listening devices from a place.
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20. Sweep
    Sweep is slang for to remove listening devices from a place.
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21. sweep
    Type: Term Pronunciation: swēp Definitions: 1. The travel of the beam of a cathode ray oscilloscope from left to right, representing the time axis, produced by an artificially generated sawtooth voltage.
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22. sweep
    Refers to the course design where the obstacles are set in a a long, circular pattern.
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23. sweep
    chimney sweep, ubiquitous in nineteenth century London. Sweeps often hired small boys that could fit in the chimneys, a very dangerous business. An 1842 law made it a crime to force anyone under 21 to enter a chimney, or to apprentice sweeps under 16. In Oliver Twist, which takes place before this l...
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24. Sweep
    (book series) The "`Sweep`" series, published in the U.S., UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia as "`Wicca`" , in Italy and France as "`White Magic`"(Magie Blanche)and in Quebec, Canada as "`Witch`"(Sorcière), is a series of books by Cate Tiern...
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25. Sweep
    (software) `Sweep` is a digital audio editor and live playback tool for Linux, BSD and compatible systems. It is able to handle many sound formats, including MP3, WAV and Vorbis. The most notable feature of Sweep is its stylus-like cursor tool called Scrubby. Sweep is included in most ...
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