verb
This weekend I have to sweep out the basement
The raging torrent swept away the bridge. The wind swept the debris before it
Hattie swept into the room majestically
The long drive to the house sweeps round the pond and gardens
noun
In one clean sweep the police rounded up all the suspects
Note the sweep of those main arches holding up the dome
The Hubbell space telescope has a farther sweep than any on earth
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