SWEEP

Sweep

A sweep is the name used for two categories of martial arts techniques. From standing, sweeps are throws or takedowns that primarily use the legs to attack an opponent's legs. On the ground, sweeps are techniques for reversing a grappling position.

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sweep

Noun

  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 listening devices).
  5. 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.
    Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
  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.

Verb

  1. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
    to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
  2. To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
  3. To search (a place) methodically.
  4. To travel quickly.
  5. To play a sweep shot.
  6. To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
  7. To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
  8. To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  9. To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  10. To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
    The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.
    The flooded river swept away the wooden dam.
  11. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
    Their long descending train, / With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain.
  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. To draw or drag something over.
    to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
  15. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
    to sweep the heavens with a telescope


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