sweep

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• Australian, India, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /swiːp/
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• Canada, General-American, Scotland: /swip/
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• rhymes with -iːp
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From Middle English swepen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipijan (unattested in Old English), from Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną. Cognate with Early Modern West Frisian swiepe (“whip, cleanse, sweep”), from Old Frisian swēpa, suepa (“sweep”). More distantly related to Old Norse sveipa (whence Swedish svepa). See also swoop.

280 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: замах (zamah) — single action of sweeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩擦 (mócā) — single action of sweeping
• Dutch: veeg — single action of sweeping
• Finnish: pyyhkäisy — single action of sweeping
• Finnish: heilautus — single action of sweeping
• Finnish: lakaisu — single action of sweeping
• French: balayage — single action of sweeping
• German: Schwung — single action of sweeping
• German: einmaliges Drüberfegen — single action of sweeping
• Italian: spazzata — single action of sweeping
• Portuguese: varredura — single action of sweeping
• Finnish: perämies — person who steers a dragon boat
• German: Steuermann — person who steers a dragon boat
• Finnish: perämies — person who steers a surf boat
• German: Sweeper — person who steers a surf boat
• German: Steuermann — person who steers a surf boat
• Bulgarian: претърсване (pretǎrsvane) — methodical search
• Finnish: etsintä — methodical search
• Finnish: tarkastus — methodical search
• Finnish: syyni — methodical search
• Finnish: veikkaus — type of lottery
• German: Gewinnspiel — type of lottery
• German: Tippspiel — type of lottery
• Finnish: rannan suuntainen virtaus — flow of water parallel to shore
• German: Küstenströmung — flow of water parallel to shore
• German: Küstendrift — flow of water parallel to shore
• German: Litoralströmung — flow of water parallel to shore
• German: Küstenlängsströmung — flow of water parallel to shore
• Danish: feje benene væk under — type of throw or takedown martial arts
• Finnish: pyyhkäisy — type of throw or takedown martial arts
• Portuguese: rasteira — type of throw or takedown martial arts
• Finnish: pyyhkäisy — violent and general destruction
• Finnish: mökki — casino: act of capturing all face-up cards from the table
• Bulgarian: обхват (obhvat) — compass of any turning body or of any motion
• Finnish: aukeamisalue — compass of any turning body or of any motion
• Finnish: heilahdusalue — compass of any turning body or of any motion
• Finnish: pyörähdysalue — compass of any turning body or of any motion
• German: Schwenkbereich — compass of any turning body or of any motion
• Bulgarian: извиване (izvivane) — direction or departure from rectilinear line
• Finnish: kaarros — direction or departure from rectilinear line
• German: Biegung — direction or departure from rectilinear line
• Finnish: airo — large oar used to propel and steer small vessels
• German: Stechpaddel — large oar used to propel and steer small vessels
• Finnish: vipu — long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well
• Finnish: vipupuu — long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well
• German: Brunnenschwengel — long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well
• German: Schöpfschwengel — long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well
• German: Schwingbaum — long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well
• Bulgarian: крило (krilo) — blade of a windmill
• Finnish: siipi — blade of a windmill
• German: Flügel — blade of a windmill
• Finnish: mökki — sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae
• German: Fegerbarsch — sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae
• German: Steinbrasse — sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae
• Māori: hui — sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae
• Albanian: fshij — to clean using a broom or brush
• Aleut: mitilix — to clean using a broom or brush
• Southern Altai: сибирер (sibirer) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chungli Ao: aok — to clean using a broom or brush
• Arabic: مَسَحَ (masaḥa) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Arabic: كنس (kanas) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Armenian: ավլել (avlel) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Armenian: սրբել (srbel) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Aromanian: metur — to clean using a broom or brush
• Assamese: সৰা (xora) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Assamese: জৰা (zora) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Azerbaijani: süpürmək — to clean using a broom or brush
• Bashkir: һепереү (heperew) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Belarusian: падмята́ць (padmjatácʹ) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Belarusian: месці́ (mjescí) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Belarusian: падмесці́ (padmjescí) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Breton: skubañ — to clean using a broom or brush
• Bulgarian: мета́ (metá) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Burmese: လှည်း (hlany:) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Catalan: escombrar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Cherokee: ᎬᏃᏌᏍᎦ (gvnosasga) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chickasaw: pihli — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chickasaw: piha — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tedim Chin: phiat — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chinese Cantonese: 掃 /扫 (sou3) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chinese Mandarin: 打掃 /打扫 (dǎsǎo) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Chinese Mandarin: 掃 /扫 (sǎo) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Cornish: skubya — to clean using a broom or brush
• Czech: zametat — to clean using a broom or brush
• Czech: zamést — to clean using a broom or brush
• Danish: feje — to clean using a broom or brush
• Dutch: vegen — to clean using a broom or brush
• Esperanto: balai — to clean using a broom or brush
• Estonian: pühkima — to clean using a broom or brush
• Finnish: lakaista — to clean using a broom or brush
• Finnish: luutia — to clean using a broom or brush
• Finnish: harjata — to clean using a broom or brush
• French: balayer — to clean using a broom or brush
• French: brosser — to clean using a broom or brush
• Friulian: scovâ — to clean using a broom or brush
• Galician: varrer — to clean using a broom or brush
• Georgian: დაგვა (dagva) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Georgian: გვა (gva) — to clean using a broom or brush
• German: fegen — to clean using a broom or brush
• German: kehren — to clean using a broom or brush
• Greek: σκουπίζω (skoupízo) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ancient Greek: σαρόω (saróō) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ancient Greek: καλλύνω (kallúnō) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ancient Greek: κορέω (koréō) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Gujarati: વાળવું (vāḷvũ) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Hawaiian: pūlumi — to clean using a broom or brush
• Hindi: सफ़ाई करना (safāī karnā) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Hungarian: seper — to clean using a broom or brush
• Hungarian: söpör — to clean using a broom or brush
• Icelandic: sópa — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ido: balayar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Indonesian: menyapu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Irish: scuab — to clean using a broom or brush
• Italian: spazzare — to clean using a broom or brush
• Italian: scopare — to clean using a broom or brush
• Italian: ramazzare — to clean using a broom or brush
• Japanese: 掃除する (sōji suru) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Japanese: 掃く (haku) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Javanese: nyapu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Old Javanese: sapu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Kazakh: сыпыру (sypyru) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Khmer: បោស (baoh) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Korean: 쓸다 (sseulda) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Kyrgyz: шыпыруу (şıpıruu) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lao: ກວາດ (kuāt) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Latin: ēverrō — to clean using a broom or brush
• Latvian: slaucīt — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lingala: kombo — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lingala: kokombo — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lithuanian: šluoti — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lombard: scovà — to clean using a broom or brush
• Lushootseed: ʔix̌wicut — to clean using a broom or brush
• Macanese: gossô — to clean using a broom or brush
• Macedonian: ме́те (méte) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Malay: menyapu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Manchu: ᡝᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (erimbi) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Mansaka: waris — to clean using a broom or brush
• Māori: puruma — to clean using a broom or brush
• Māori: tahi — to clean using a broom or brush
• Māori: tahitahi — to clean using a broom or brush
• Mauritian Creole: balie — to clean using a broom or brush
• Middle English: swopen — to clean using a broom or brush
• Middle English: swepen — to clean using a broom or brush
• Mizo: phiat — to clean using a broom or brush
• Mongolian: шүүрдэх (šüürdex) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Norwegian Bokmål: feie — to clean using a broom or brush
• Occitan: escobar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Old English: swāpan — to clean using a broom or brush
• Oromo: haruu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Persian: رُفتن (roftan) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Persian: روبیدن (rubidan) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Persian: جارو کردن (jâru kardan) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Polish: zamiatać — to clean using a broom or brush
• Polish: zamieść — to clean using a broom or brush
• Portuguese: varrer — to clean using a broom or brush
• Portuguese: escovar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Quechua: pichay — to clean using a broom or brush
• Romanian: mătura — to clean using a broom or brush
• Russian: подмета́ть (podmetátʹ) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Russian: мести́ (mestí) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Russian: подмести́ (podmestí) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Samoan: salu — to clean using a broom or brush
• Scottish Gaelic: sguab — to clean using a broom or brush
• Serbo-Croatian: мести — to clean using a broom or brush
• Serbo-Croatian: помести — to clean using a broom or brush
• Serbo-Croatian: mesti — to clean using a broom or brush
• Serbo-Croatian: pomesti — to clean using a broom or brush
• Sherpa: པུག (pug) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Slovak: zametať — to clean using a broom or brush
• Slovak: zamiesť — to clean using a broom or brush
• Slovene: mesti — to clean using a broom or brush
• Somali: xaadhid — to clean using a broom or brush
• Somali: harid — to clean using a broom or brush
• Spanish: barrer — to clean using a broom or brush
• Sranan Tongo: sibi — to clean using a broom or brush
• Swahili: -fagia — to clean using a broom or brush
• Swedish: sopa — to clean using a broom or brush
• Swedish: svepa — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tajik: рӯфтан (rüftan) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tamil: பெருக்கு (perukku) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tatar: себерергә (seberergä) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Telugu: ఊడ్చు (ūḍcu) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tetum: dasa — to clean using a broom or brush
• Thai: กวาด (gwàat) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Thai: ปัดถู (bpàt-tǔu) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tibetan: འཕྱག ('phyag) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Tongan: tafi — to clean using a broom or brush
• Turkish: süpürmek — to clean using a broom or brush
• Turkmen: süpürmek — to clean using a broom or brush
• Udmurt: ӵужыны (čužyny) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ukrainian: підміта́ти (pidmitáty) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ukrainian: мести́ (mestý) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Ukrainian: підмести́ (pidmestý) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Uyghur: سۈپۈرمەك (süpürmek) — to clean using a broom or brush
• Uzbek: supurmoq — to clean using a broom or brush
• Venetan: scoar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Venetan: scovar — to clean using a broom or brush
• Vietnamese: quét dọn — to clean using a broom or brush
• Vietnamese: quét — to clean using a broom or brush
• Volapük: svipön — to clean using a broom or brush
• Welsh: ysgubo — to clean using a broom or brush
• Welsh: sgubo — to clean using a broom or brush
• Zazaki: gezı kerden — to clean using a broom or brush
• Finnish: pyyhkäistä — to move through an arc or similar long stroke
• German: fegen — to move through an arc or similar long stroke
• German: rauschen — to move through an arc or similar long stroke
• Irish: scuab — to move through an arc or similar long stroke
• Japanese: 掃引する (sōin suru) — to move through an arc or similar long stroke
• Bulgarian: претърсвам (pretǎrsvam) — to search methodically
• Dutch: doorzoeken — to search methodically
• Finnish: tarkastaa — to search methodically
• Finnish: kammata — to search methodically
• Finnish: syynätä — to search methodically
• French: balayer — to search methodically
• German: auf den Kopf stellen — to search methodically
• German: durchsuchen — to search methodically
• German: durchkämmen — to search methodically
• Greek: σαρώνω (saróno) — to search methodically
• Italian: setacciare — to search methodically
• Russian: прочёсывать (pročósyvatʹ) — to search methodically
• Russian: прочеса́ть (pročesátʹ) — to search methodically
• Spanish: barrer — to search methodically
• Spanish: peinar — to search methodically
• Bulgarian: профучавам (profučavam) — to travel quickly
• Finnish: pyyhkäistä — to travel quickly
• German: fahren — to travel quickly
• German: fegen — to travel quickly
• German: flitzen — to travel quickly
• German: sausen — to travel quickly
• Russian: мча́ться (mčátʹsja) — to travel quickly
• Russian: нести́сь (nestísʹ) — to travel quickly
• Bulgarian: бърша (bǎrša) — curling: to brush the ice
• Chickasaw: pihli — curling: to brush the ice
• Chickasaw: piha — curling: to brush the ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 刷冰 (shuabing) — curling: to brush the ice
• Finnish: harjata — curling: to brush the ice
• German: wischen — curling: to brush the ice
• Japanese: 掃く (haku) — curling: to brush the ice
• Zazaki: rotnen — curling: to brush the ice
• Chickasaw: pihli — to move something as a broom
• Chickasaw: piha — to move something as a broom
• Finnish: lakaista — to move something as a broom
• Finnish: pyyhkäistä — to move something as a broom
• Finnish: heilauttaa — to move something as a broom
• German: schwingen — to move something as a broom
• Zazaki: geznayen — to move something as a broom
• Finnish: voittaa puhtaasti — sports: to win a series without loss or draw
• Finnish: voittaa puhtaasti — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: betonieren — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: haushoch gewinnen — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: hinwegfegen — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: panieren — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: plattmachen — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: vom Platz fegen — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• German: vernichtend schlagen — sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw
• Bulgarian: прочиствам (pročistvam) — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• Bulgarian: премахвам (premahvam) — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• Finnish: pyyhkäistä — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: fegen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: wischen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: abräumen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: fortschwemmen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: wegspülen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• German: mitreißen — to remove something abruptly and thoroughly
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — to brush against or over; to rub lightly along
• German: wischen — to brush against or over; to rub lightly along
• German: abwischen — to brush against or over; to rub lightly along
• Finnish: heiluttaa — to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion
• Finnish: heilauttaa — to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion
• German: schwenken — to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — nautical: to draw or drag something over
• German: schleifen — nautical: to draw or drag something over
• German: umpflügen — nautical: to draw or drag something over
• Finnish: pyyhkäistä — to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation
• German: absuchen — to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation
• German: schweifen — to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation
• German: schwenken — to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation