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Meanings of sweep in English

Catalan
escura-xemeneies
Spanish
limipa chimeneas

Someone who cleans soot from chimneys.

        escura-xemeneies
        Portuguese
        ser empurrado

        Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.

              ser empurrado
              Portuguese
              abranger
              Catalan
              comprendre
              Spanish
              abarcar

              To cover or extend over an area or time period.

                    abranger
                    Catalan
                    penjar
                    Spanish
                    columpiar

                    Make a big sweeping gesture or movement.

                          penjar
                          Usage of sweep in English
                          1
                          The song is right: the Mournes do sweep down to the sea.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          The military said it had prepared options for a Gaza ground sweep.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          Rather, the question is: can it sweep through the other top categories?.
                          Reuters
                          4
                          Analysts say a Democratic sweep could also bode well for emerging markets.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          Britain's virtual sweep also included best comedy for Channel 4's The I.T.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          I sweep it clear enough to get Thomas clear of the doorway.
                          Dead beat
                          7
                          Do you know how to do a sweep from a particular position?
                          Radio NZ
                          8
                          Kyle glanced back often down the sweep of the great serpent behind.
                          Assail
                          9
                          And that means that they're just going to sweep our population aside.
                          Radio NZ
                          10
                          The soul needs air; a wide sweep and frequent change of it.
                          The House of the Seven Gables
                          11
                          The sweep of a gray dress showed in front of the settle.
                          Lazarre
                          12
                          Twenty years would sweep him forward to the futuristic date of 1955.
                          Atonement
                          13
                          This would sweep the approach in front and upon the left flank.
                          Ismailia
                          14
                          There was no let-up in the steady creaking of the long sweep.
                          The Flaming Forest
                          15
                          The only question is how emphatically it's going to sweep the Oscars.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          Then put the fire-place in order, and sweep and dust the kitchen.
                          American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
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                          Sweep through the time
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