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General dictionaries General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. sweep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. sweep: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  3. sweep: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. Sweep, sweep: Wordnik [home, info]
  5. sweep: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  6. Sweep: Wiktionary [home, info]
  7. sweep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  8. sweep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  9. sweep: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  10. sweep: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  11. sweep (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  12. sweep: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  13. sweep: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  14. sweep: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  15. Sweep (American football), Sweep (book series), Sweep (football play), Sweep (grappling), Sweep (karate technique), Sweep (martial arts technique), Sweep (motorcycle), Sweep (puppet), Sweep (software), Sweep, The Sweep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  16. sweep: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
  17. Sweep: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  18. sweep: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  19. sweep: Rhymezone [home, info]
  20. sweep: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  21. sweep: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  22. SWEEP: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) [home, info]
  23. Sweep: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
  24. sweep: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  25. sweep: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  26. sweep: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  27. sweep: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  28. sweep: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  29. sweep: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sweep: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
  2. Sweep: Bloomberg Financial Glossary [home, info]
  3. sweep: Legal dictionary [home, info]
  4. sweep: Financial dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sweep: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sweep: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SWEEP, SWEEP, SWEEP: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words [home, info]
  2. SWEEP: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  3. sweep: Idioms [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sweep: The Folk File [home, info]

Sports dictionaries Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sweep, sweep, sweep: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]
  2. Sweep: Sports Definitions [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sweep: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
  2. sweep: Locksmith Dictionary [home, info]
  3. sweep: DOD Dictionary of Military Terms [home, info]
  4. sweep: Glossary of Meteorology [home, info]
  5. Sweep: Chemical Fact Sheet [home, info]
  6. sweep: SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language [home, info]
  7. Sweep: Sweetwater Music [home, info]
  8. Sweep: Electrical Engineering Glossary [home, info]

Quick definitions (sweep)

noun:  a movement in an arc ("A sweep of his arm")
noun:  a long oar used in an open boat
noun:  a wide scope ("The sweep of the plains")
noun:  (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
noun:  winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
noun:  someone who cleans soot from chimneys
verb:  cover the entire range of
verb:  win an overwhelming victory in or on
verb:  sweep with a broom or as if with a broom ("Sweep the crumbs off the table")
verb:  clean by sweeping ("Please sweep the floor")
verb:  move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
verb:  make a big sweeping gesture or movement
verb:  sweep across or over
verb:  force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
verb:  to cover or extend over an area or time period
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49132)

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