[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sweep/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / sweep # sweep verb (sweep, sweeps, swept, sweeping); noun (a sweep, sweeps) «sweep» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To sweep means to clean a floor or path with a brush or broom, pushing dirt away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#m1) 2. To sweep means to move quickly and with force over an area («The wave swept the sandcastle away»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#m2) 3. To sweep means to move in a long, smooth, curving way («She swept her arm across the table»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#m3) 4. A sweep is a long, curving movement or a complete search of an area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#m4) 5. A sweep (chimney sweep) is a person who cleans chimneys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#m5) ### In the lessons In everyday life children sweep floors and leaves as chores. In safety, people can be swept away by floods, waves and strong currents, so never walk or drive through floodwater. In sport «a clean sweep» means winning everything. In history, chimney sweeps were often children, a hard and dangerous job. Phrases: «sweep up», «sweep away», «clean sweep», «sweep under the carpet». ### Examples - Please sweep the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x1) - Sweep up the broken glass carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x2) - The flood swept the car away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x3) - A big wave swept over the rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x4) - The police made a sweep of the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x5) - Our team made a clean sweep, winning every race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x6) - Long ago, children worked as chimney sweeps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x7) - Don't sweep your problems under the carpet; talk about them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x8) - He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/#x9) ### Note Irregular: «sweep, swept, swept». A «sweeper» is a person or machine that sweeps. Safety: just 15 cm of fast floodwater can knock you over. ## In Jewish tradition Abraham asks if God will wipe out the good people together with the wicked in Sodom. **Interpretation.** Tradition admires Abraham for boldly asking for justice. His plea, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justly?", is a model for caring about others. ### Examples - And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? (Torah GEN.18.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/#x1) - Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? (Torah GEN.18.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/#x2) - Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike. (Writings PSA.58.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/#x3) - behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasa and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (Prophets 1KI.16.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/#x4) - And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. (Prophets ISA.28.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/#x5) ### Note Irregular: «sweep, swept, swept». A «sweeper» is a person or machine that sweeps. Safety: just 15 cm of fast floodwater can knock you over. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «sweep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweep/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sweep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sweep.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «sweep» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweep/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sweep» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sweep.html) on Mova free.