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Verbit

1. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
2. (intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
3. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
5. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
6. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
7. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
8. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
9. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
10. (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
11. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
12. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
13. To strike with a long stroke.
14. (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
15. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.

Substantiivit

1. The person who steers a dragon boat.
2. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
3. A chimney sweep.
4. A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]).
5. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
6. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
7. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
8. A single action of sweeping.
9. Violent and general destruction.
10. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
11. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
12. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
13. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
14. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
15. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
16. 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.
17. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.