[ { "word": "sweep", "phonetic": "/swi\u02d0p/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/swi\u02d0p/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/sweep-au.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75900163", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" } }, { "text": "/swi\u02d0p/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/sweep-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762784", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A single action of sweeping.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves." }, { "definition": "The person who steers a dragon boat.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A chimney sweep.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper" }, { "definition": "A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup." }, { "definition": "A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Violent and general destruction.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "the sweep of an epidemic disease" }, { "definition": "A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The compass of any turning body or of any motion.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye" }, { "definition": "Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I am primarily a sweep rower." }, { "definition": "(refining) The almond furnace.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Any of the blades of a windmill.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney" }, { "definition": "To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The offended countess swept out of the ballroom." }, { "definition": "To search (a place) methodically.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To travel quickly.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To play a sweep shot.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor." }, { "definition": "To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain." }, { "definition": "To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To strike with a long stroke.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To draw or drag something over.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to sweep the bottom of a river with a net" }, { "definition": "To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to sweep the heavens with a telescope" }, { "definition": "(including) to vacuum a carpet or rug", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweep" ] } ]