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sweep

1. [işlik] süpürmek [Umumy]

2. [işlik] togalanmak [Umumy]

3. [işlik] sübselemek [Umumy]

4. [işlik] syrmak [Umumy]

5. [işlik] tigirlenmek [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

sweep

v. t. [OE. swepen; akin to AS. swpan. See Swoop, v. i.]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 carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. ()

The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. (Isa. xxviii. 17.)

I have already swept the stakes. (Dryden.)

3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. ()

Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. (Dryden.)

4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. ()

And like a peacock sweep along his tail. (Shak.)

5. To strike with a long stroke. ()

Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. (Pope.)

6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. ()

7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. ()

To sweep a mold or To sweep up a mold (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. ()

v. i. 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 surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. ()

3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. ()

n. 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. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. ()

5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. ()

6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. ()

7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. ()

The road which makes a small sweep. (Sir W. Scott.)

8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. ()

9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. ()

10. (Naut.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. ()

11. (Refining) The almond furnace. ()

12. 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. ()

13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. ()

14. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. ()

Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. -- Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. ()