sweeping

Plural: sweepings

Noun

• The act of clearing or cleaning a surface.
• the act of cleaning with a broom
• An instance of sweeping.
• The activity of sweeping.

Verb

• sweep across or over
• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
• sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
• to cover or extend over an area or time period; ,
• clean by sweeping
• win an overwhelming victory in or on
• cover the entire range of
• make a big sweeping gesture or movement
• present participle and gerund of sweep

Adjective Satellite

• taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
  • "a sweeping glance"
  • "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
• ignoring distinctions
  • "sweeping generalizations"

Adj

• Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
• Completely overwhelming.
• Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

Examples

• He claimed a sweeping victory.
• He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.
• His final SWEEPING move cleared his rack and secured a Words With Friends victory.
• Sweeping took all morning.
• The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
• The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
• The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

Synonyms

broom, brush, cross, drag, drag in, embroil, sail, span, sweep, sweep up, swing, swing out, tangle, traverse, wholesale, across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, catholic, comprehensive, ecumenical, exhaustive, general, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, overall, sweeping, thorough, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific, wide-ranging

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