verb

• (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
  "to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney"
• (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
  "The wind sweeps across the plain."
• (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
• (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
  "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."

noun

• (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
  "Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper"
• (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
  "The MiG-17's inner wing has 45 degrees of sweep."
• (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
• (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.