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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|swepen}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swaipijan}} (unattested in Old English), from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swaipijaną}}. Cognate with Early Modern {{cog|fy|swiepe|t=whip, cleanse, sweep}}, from {{cog|ofs|swēpa}}, {{m|ofs|suepa|t=sweep}}. See also {{m|en|swoop}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|swēp}}, {{IPA|en|/swiːp/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-sweep.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-sweep.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːp|s=1}}

===Verb===
[[Image:Atlanta parking garage settled particulates.jpg|thumb|a man sweeping (1)]]
{{en-verb|||swept}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[clean]] (a surface) by means of a [[stroke#Verb|stroking]] motion of a [[broom]] or [[brush]].
#: {{ux|en|to '''sweep''' a floor, the street, or a chimney}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Isaiah|14|23|passage=I will '''sweep''' it with the besom of destruction.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move through a ([[horizontal]]) [[arc]] or similar long stroke.
#: {{ux|en|The wind '''sweeps''' across the plain.}}
#: {{ux|en|The offended countess '''swept''' out of the ballroom.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=w:Lesley Brown|title=Sophist|by=w:Plato|page=[[w:Stephanus pagination|236d]]|passage=[H]as the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were '''swept''' by it into a ready assent?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[search]] (a place) [[methodically]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To travel [[quickly]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1947|month=January and February|author=O. S. Nock|title="The Aberdonian" in Wartime|journal=Railway Magazine|page=9|text=Drifting thus, we made fast time down the bank through Cove Bay, and at 72 m.p.h. came '''sweeping''' round the curve past Girdleness light house, and so to the first sight of Aberdeen itself.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=February 1, 2011|author=Phil McNulty|work=BBC
|title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9379477.stm Arsenal 2-1 Everton]
|passage=Everton took that disputed lead in a moment that caused anger to '''sweep''' around the Emirates.}}
# {{lb|en|cricket}} To play a sweep shot.
# {{lb|en|curling}} To [[brush]] the [[ice]] in front of a moving [[stone]], causing it to travel farther and to [[curl]] less.
# {{lb|en|transitive|ergative}} To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a [[broom]].
# {{lb|en|sports|transitive}} To [[win]] (a [[series]]) without [[draw]]ing or [[lose|losing]] any of the games in that series.
# {{lb|en|sports|transitive}} To [[defeat]] (a team) in a [[series]] without [[draw]]ing or [[lose|losing]] any of the games in that series.
# {{lb|en|military}} To [[clear]] (a body of water or part thereof) of [[mine]]s.
#: {{ux|en|The channel was '''swept''' twice before the battlefleet proceeded through it.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]] something [[abruptly]] and [[thoroughly]].
#: {{ux|en|She '''swept''' the peelings off the table onto the floor.}}
#: {{ux|en|The wind '''sweeps''' the snow from the hills.}}
#: {{ux|en|The flooded river '''swept''' away the wooden dam.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/edpilkington Ed Pilkington]
|volume=188|issue=26|page=6|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/29/killer-robots-ban-un-warning &lsquo;Killer robots&rsquo; should be banned in advance, UN told]
|passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were '''swept''' out of the way.}}
# To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
#* {{RQ:Dryden Fables|The Flower and the Leaf|passage=Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, '''swept''' the plain.}}
#* {{RQ:Christie Autobiography|II|4|passage=Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. [&hellip;]&nbsp; Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they '''sweep''' the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.}}
# To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1|act=III|scene=iii|passage=And like a peacock '''sweep''' along his tail.}}
# To strike with a long stroke.
#* {{RQ:Pope Works|volume=I|title=St. Cecilia's Day|canto=I|page=371|passage=Deſcend ye nine! deſcend and ſing; / The breathing inſtruments inſpire, / VVake into voice each ſilent ſtring, / And '''ſvveep''' the ſounding lyre!}}
# {{lb|en|rowing}} To [[row]] with one [[oar]] to either the [[port]] or [[starboard]] [[side]].
# {{lb|en|nautical}} To draw or drag something over.
#: {{ux|en|to '''sweep''' the bottom of a river with a net}}
# To [[pass]] [[over]], or [[traverse]], with the [[eye]] or with an [[instrument]] of [[observation]].
#: {{ux|en|to '''sweep''' the heavens with a telescope}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|qntm}}|chapter=We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five|title=There Is No Antimemetics Division|start_year=2008|year=2021|page=13|isbn=9798721503788|text=O5-8 does an impressive job of controlling himself, keeping his attention focused on Marion.  Clay doesn't fare so well, and quickly '''sweeps''' the whole room, even checking behind his back.  Making an ass of himself, essentially.  He finds nothing.  He looks baffled.}}
# {{lb|en|Western Pennsylvania English|Ohio|Indiana}} To [[vacuum]] a [[carpet]] or [[rug]].

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|asweep
|downsweep
|sweeper
|sweep across
|sweep someone off their feet
|sweep something under the rug
|sweep up
|sweepy
|upsweep|sweep-chimney
|new brooms sweep clean|sweep along|sweep aside|sweep away|sweep out|sweep something under the carpet|sweep the board|sweep the deck|sweep the floor with someone}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to clean using a broom or brush}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|fshij}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|mitilix}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَسَحَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|كنس|tr=kanas}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ավլել}}, {{t+|hy|սրբել}}, {{t+|hy|մաքրել}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|metur}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|সৰা}}, {{t|as|জৰা}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|süpürmək}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|һепереү}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|падмята́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|месці́|impf}}, {{t|be|падмесці́|pf}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|skubañ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мета́|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လှည်း}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|escombrar}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎬᏃᏌᏍᎦ}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|pihli}}, {{t|cic|piha}} {{qualifier|to be swept}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|掃|tr=sou3}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|打掃|tr=dǎsǎo}}, {{t+|cmn|掃|tr=sǎo}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|skubya}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zametat|impf}}, {{t|cs|zamést|pf}}
* Danish: {{t|da|feje}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vegen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|balai}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pühkima}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lakaista}}, {{t+|fi|luutia}} {{qualifier|with broom}}; {{t+|fi|harjata}} {{qualifier|with brush}}
* French: {{t+|fr|balayer}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|scovâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|varrer}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დაგვა}}, {{t|ka|გვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|fegen}}, {{t+|de|kehren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκουπίζω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σαρόω}}, {{t|grc|καλλύνω}}, {{t|grc|κορέω}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|सफ़ाई करना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|seper}}, {{t+|hu|söpör}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sópa}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyapu}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scuab}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|spazzare}}, {{t+|it|scopare}}, {{t+|it|ramazzare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|掃除|alt=掃除する|tr=そうじする, sōji suru}}, {{t+|ja|掃く|tr=はく, haku}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|nyapu}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сыпыру}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បោស}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|쓸다}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шыпыруу}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ກວາດ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|ēverrō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|slaucīt}}
* Lingala: {{t+|ln|kombo}}, {{t|ln|kokombo}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|šluoti}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|scovà}}
* Lushootseed: {{t|lut|ʔix̌ʷicut}}
* Macanese: {{t|mzs|gossô}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ме́те|impf}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|menyapu}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡝᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Mansaka: {{t|msk|waris}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|puruma}}, {{t+|mi|tahi}}, {{t|mi|tahitahi}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|swopen}}, {{t|enm|swepen}}
* Mizo: {{t|lus|phiat}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|шүүрдэх}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|feie}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|escobar}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|swāpan}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|sapu}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|haruu}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|رُفتن|tr=roftan}}, {{t+|fa|روبیدن|tr=rubidan}}, {{t+|fa|جارو کردن|tr=jâru kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zamiatać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zamieść|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|varrer}} {{gloss|to clean with a broom}}, {{t+|pt|escovar}} {{gloss|to clean with a brush}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|pichay}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mătura}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подмета́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|мести́|impf}}, {{t+|ru|подмести́|pf}}
* Samoan: {{t+|sm|salu}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sguab}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|мести|impf}}, {{t|sh|помести|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mesti|impf}}, {{t+|sh|pomesti|pf}}
* Sherpa: {{t|xsr|པུག|tr=cha'}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zametať|impf}}, {{t|sk|zamiesť|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|mesti|impf}}
* Somali: {{t|so|xaadhid}}, {{t|so|harid}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|barrer}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|sibi}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|fagia|alt=-fagia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sopa}}, {{t+|sv|svepa}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|рӯфтан}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|себерергә}}
* Tedim Chin: {{t|ctd|phiat}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఊడ్చు}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|dasa}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กวาด}}, {{t|th|ปัดถู}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འཕྱག}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|tafi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|süpürmek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|süpürmek}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|ӵужыны}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підміта́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|мести́|impf}}, {{t|uk|підмести́|pf}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|سۈپۈرمەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|supurmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|scoar}}, {{t|vec|scovar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|quét dọn}}, {{t+|vi|quét}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|svipön}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|ysgubo}}, {{t|cy|sgubo}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|gezı kerden}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to move through an arc or similar long stroke}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäistä}}
* German: {{t+|de|fegen}}, {{t+|de|rauschen}} {{qualifier|with sound}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scuab}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|掃引|alt=掃引する|tr=そういんする, sōin suru}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to search methodically}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|претърсвам}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doorzoeken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tarkastaa}}; {{t+|fi|kammata}}, {{t+|fi|syynätä}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* French: {{t+|fr|balayer}}
* German: {{t|de|auf den [[Kopf]] [[stellen]]}} {{qualifier|idiom, coll.}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σαρώνω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|setacciare}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прочёсывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|прочеса́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|barrer}}, {{t+|es|peinar}} {{qualifier|group of people}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to travel quickly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|профучавам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäistä}}
* German: {{t+|de|fegen}}, {{t+|de|fahren}}, {{t+|de|sausen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|cricket: to play a sweep shot}}
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{{trans-top|curling: to brush the ice}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бърша}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|pihli}}, {{t|cic|piha}} {{qualifier|to be swept}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|harjata}}
* German: {{t+|de|wischen}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|掃く|tr=haku}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|rotnen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to move something as a broom}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|pihli}}, {{t|cic|piha}} {{qualifier|to be swept}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lakaista}}, {{t+|fi|pyyhkäistä}}, {{t+|fi|heilauttaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|schwingen}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|geznayen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sports: to win a series without loss or draw}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[voittaa]] [[puhtaasti]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sports: to defeat a team without loss or draw}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[voittaa]] [[puhtaasti]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|hinwegfegen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to remove something abruptly and thoroughly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прочиствам}}, {{t+|bg|премахвам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäistä}}, {{t+|fi|pyyhkiä}}
* German: {{t+|de|fegen}}, {{t+|de|wischen}}, {{t+|de|abräumen}} {{qualifier|awards, fig.}}, {{t|de|fortschwemmen}} {{qualifier|by flood}}, {{t|de|weg[[spülen]]}}, {{t+|de|mitreißen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to brush against or over; to rub lightly along}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkiä}}
* German: {{t+|de|wischen}}, {{t+|de|abwischen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heiluttaa}}, {{t+|fi|heilauttaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|schwenken}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to strike with a long stroke}}
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{{trans-top|nautical: to draw or drag something over}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkiä}}
* German: {{t+|de|schleifen}}, {{t+|de|umpflügen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäistä}}, {{t+|fi|pyyhkiä}}
* German: {{t+|de|schwenken}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|vegen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|balai}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|balayar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|sapu|alt=menyapu}}
* Turkish: {{t-check|tr|süpür}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A single action of [[#Verb|sweep]]ing.
#: {{ux|en|Give the front steps a quick '''sweep''' to get rid of those fallen leaves.}}
# The person who [[steer]]s a [[dragon boat]]<!-- possibly other types of boats? -->.
# A person who stands at the stern of a [[surf boat]], steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
# A [[chimney sweep]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1961|month=February|author=Balmore [pseudonym]|title=Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=112|text=He was, perhaps, the English railwayman's conception of the French ''mécanicien'' - short and broad, black as a '''sweep''' even before we left Calais (but no blacker than I was on arrival at Paris) and wearing goggles and his uniform cap back to front.}}
# A [[methodical]] [[search]], typically for [[bug]]s {{q|electronic listening devices}}.
# {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[batsman]]'s [[shot]], played from a [[kneeling]] position with a swinging [[horizontal]] bat.
#: {{ux|en|Bradman attempted a '''sweep''', but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper}}
# A [[lottery]], usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their [[random]]ly chosen team wins.
#: {{ux|en|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]].
# {{lb|en|aviation}} The degree to which an [[aircraft]]'s [[wing]]s are [[angle]]d [[backwards]] (or, occasionally, [[forwards]]) from their [[attachment]]s to the [[fuselage]].
#: {{ux|en|The MiG-17's inner wing has 45 degrees of '''sweep'''.}}
# {{lb|en|martial arts}} A [[throw]] or [[takedown]] that primarily uses the [[leg]]s to [[attack]] an [[opponent]]'s [[leg]]s.
# Violent and general destruction.
#: {{ux|en|the '''sweep''' of an epidemic disease}}
# {{lb|en|metalworking}} A [[movable]] [[template]] for making [[mould]]s, in loam moulding.
# {{lb|en|card games}} 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.
#: {{ux|en|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.
#* {{RQ:Scott Guy Mannering|passage=the road which makes a small '''sweep'''}}
# A large [[oar]] used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
# {{lb|en|rowing}} A rowing style in which each [[rower]] rows with [[oar]] on either the [[port]] or [[starboard]] side.
#: {{ux|en|I am primarily a '''sweep''' rower.}}
# {{lb|en|refining|obsolete}} 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.<!--also swape, swepe, swipe-->
# Any of the [[blade]]s of a [[windmill]].
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
# Any of several [[sea chub]]s in the family {{taxfmt|Kyphosidae|family}} ([[subfamily]] {{taxlink|Scorpidinae|subfamily}}).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1993|author=w:Tim Winton|title=Land's Edge|publisher=Picador|year_published=2014|page=28|text=Octopus clambered about from hole to hole and startled '''sweep''' blurred away as we passed.}}
# An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1998
|author=w:George B. Schaller
|title=Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe
|url=https://archive.org/details/wildlifeoftibeta0000scha_q4s8/
|publisher=w:University of Chicago Press
|ISBN=0-226-73652-0
|LCCN=97-36053
|OCLC=903331989
|page=21
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/wildlifeoftibeta0000scha_q4s8/page/20/
|text=The Himalaya guards the southern rim of the plateau in one continuous '''sweep''' of 2250 km, each end marked by a massive mountain, Nanga Parbat on the Indus in the west and Namjagbarwa at the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo in the east.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|chimney sweep
|clean sweep|variable sweep
|downsweep
|insweep
|podium sweep
|outsweep
|sweepstake
|upsweep
|foot sweep|jet sweep|leg sweep|mark and sweep|May Day sweep|May-day sweep|muzzle sweep|reverse sweep|slog-sweep|sweep line|sweep net|sweep saw|sweep-washer}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|single action of sweeping}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|замах|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|veeg|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäisy}}, {{t+|fi|heilautus}}, {{t+|fi|lakaisu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|balayage}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schwung|m}}, {{t|de|einmaliges Drüberfegen|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|spazzata}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|varredura}}
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{{trans-top|person who steers a dragon boat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|perämies}}
* German: {{t+|de|Steuermann|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|person who steers a surf boat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|perämies}}
* German: {{t|de|Sweeper|m}}, {{t+|de|Steuermann|m}}
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{{trans-see|chimney sweep}}

{{trans-top|methodical search}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|претърсване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|etsintä}}, {{t+|fi|tarkastus}}, {{t+|fi|syyni}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|type of shot in cricket}}
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{{trans-top|type of lottery}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|veikkaus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gewinnspiel|n}}, {{t|de|Tippspiel|n}}
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{{trans-top|flow of water parallel to shore}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[rannan]] [[suuntainen]] [[virtaus]]}}
* German: {{t|de|Küstenströmung|f}}, {{t|de|Küstendrift|f}}, {{t|de|Litoralströmung|f}}, {{t|de|Küstenlängsströmung|f}}
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{{trans-top|type of throw or takedown martial arts}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Danish: {{t|da|feje benene væk under}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäisy}} {{qualifier|judo}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|rasteira|f}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|violent and general destruction}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyyhkäisy}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|metalworking: movable template for making moulds}}
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{{trans-top|casino: act of capturing all face-up cards from the table}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mökki}}
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{{trans-top|compass of any turning body or of any motion}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|обхват|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|aukeamisalue}} {{qualifier|door, flap, etc.}}, {{t|fi|heilahdusalue}} {{qualifier|swing, pendulum etc.}}, {{t|fi|pyörähdysalue}} {{qualifier|roteting body}}
* German: {{t|de|Schwenkbereich|m}}
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{{trans-top|direction or departure from rectilinear line}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|извиване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kaarros}}
* German: {{t+|de|Biegung|f}}
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{{trans-top|large oar used to propel and steer small vessels}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|airo}}
* German: {{t|de|Stechpaddel|n}}
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{{trans-see|almond furnace}}

{{trans-top|long pole to raise and lower a bucket in a well}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vipupu}}, {{t+|fi|vipu}}
* German: {{t|de|Brunnenschwengel|m}}, {{t|de|Schöpfschwengel|m}}, {{t+|de|Schwingbaum|m}}
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{{trans-top|blade of a windmill}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|крило|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|siipi}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flügel|m}}
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{{trans-top|sweepings of precious metal workshop}}
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{{trans-top|sea chub in the subfamily Scorpidinae}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mökki}}
* German: {{t|de|Fegerbarsch|m}}, {{t|de|Steinbrasse|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hui}}
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===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Lexico}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eepsw|weeps}}

{{cln|en|irregular verbs}}
{{C|en|Kyphosid fish}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|zweep}}, from {{inh|af|dum|swepe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/svɪə̯p/}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|swepe|swepie}}

# A [[whip]].

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|sweep}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pt|/ˈswip/|a=BR}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#s}}

# {{lb|pt|electric guitar}} {{l|en|sweep}} {{gloss|arpeggio played with a single movement of the picking hand}}

{{C|pt|Music}}