sweep

Synonyymisanakirja: sweep

käsitellä, suoriutua, hallita, sivellä, hipaista, koskettaa, heiluttaa, pyyhkäistä, siirtää, viedä, liukua, purjehtia, kierrellä, viistää, pyyhältää.

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pyyhkiä yli, temmata, liukua, pyyhältää, pyyhkäistä

puhekieltä To clean (a surface) by means of a strokeVerb stroking motion of a broom or brush.

to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney

(ux)

puhekieltä To search (a place) methodically.
puhekieltä To travel quickly.
{{quote-journal|date=February 1, 2011|author=Phil McNulty|work=BBC
puhekieltä To play a sweep shot.
puhekieltä To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
puhekieltä To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
puhekieltä To win (a series) without drawing or lose losing any of the games in that series.
puhekieltä To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or lose losing any of the games in that series.
puhekieltä To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.

The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.

The flooded river swept away the wooden dam.

{{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-07|author=http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/edpilkington Ed Pilkington
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
(w) (1631-1700)

Their long descending train, / With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain.

To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
(w) (c.1564–1616)

to sweep the bottom of a river with a net

to sweep the heavens with a telescope

Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.

The person who steers a dragon boat.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
A chimney sweep.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
puhekieltä A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.

A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
puhekieltä A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
Violent and general destruction.

the sweep of an epidemic disease

puhekieltä A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
puhekieltä In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye

Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
Sir Walter Scott

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
puhekieltä The almond furnace.
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.
Any of the blades of a windmill.
puhekieltä The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
Any of several sea chubs in the subfamily Scorpidinae.
*1993, (w), Lands Edge'', Picador 2014, p. 28:

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