sweep
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verb (sweeps, sweeping; past and past participle swept | swept | )
1. with object clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter:
(ほうき･ブラシなどで)〈床･地面･部屋など〉を掃く, 掃除する(up)
e.g. I've swept the floor
e.g. Greg swept out the kitchen.
move or remove (dirt or litter) by sweeping:
«…から/…へ» (ほうきなどで)A〈ほこり･ごみなど〉を掃きのける, 払う(off) «from/into, to»
e.g. she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan.
move or push (someone or something) with great force:
〖～ A＋副詞〗 〈群衆の波が〉A〈人〉を連れ去る, さらう; 〖be swept〗急いで連れて行かれる (!〖副詞〗は方向の表現)
e.g. I was swept along by the crowd.
brush (hair) back from one's face or upward:
〖～ A＋副詞〗 «…から» (後ろに)A〈(長い)髪〉をとかす(back, away, up) «from»
e.g. long hair swept up into a high chignon.
2. no object, with adverbial of direction move swiftly and smoothly:
〈風･波･嵐などが〉 【場所を】激しい勢いで通り抜ける; 〈物が〉疾走する(past)
e.g. a large black car swept past the open windows
e.g. figurative : a wave of sympathy swept over him.
with object and adverbial of direction cause to move swiftly and smoothly:
〖～ A＋副詞〗 A〈手･腕〉をさっと伸ばす, 動かす (!〖副詞〗は方向の表現)
e.g. he swept his hand around the room.
(of a person) move in a confident and stately manner:
｟書｠ 〈人が〉 «…へ» 堂々と進む, 大胆かつ速やかに動く «into, through» (!特にいらだち･尊大さを含意する)
e.g. she swept magnificently from the hall.
affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely:
｟書｠ 〈思想･感情･伝染病などが〉 «…に» 急速に広まる «across, through»
e.g. the rebellion had swept through all four of the country's provinces
｟書｠ 〈思想･感情･伝染病などが〉〈人々･場所など〉に急速に広まる(along, away)
e.g. with object : violence swept the country.
(of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve:
〈土地･地形が〉(曲線を描くように)長く伸びている, ずっと続く, 広がる(down)
e.g. green forests swept down the hillsides.
with object North American win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event):
〈連戦〉に連勝, 全勝する
e.g. we knew we had to sweep these three home games.
3. search (an area) for something:
｟主に書｠ 〈視線･照明などが〉〈場所〉をさっと見渡す, 照らす
e.g. the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints.
examine (a place or thing) for electronic listening devices:
e.g. the line is swept every fifteen minutes.
cover (an entire area) with a gun:
e.g. they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench.
noun
1. an act of sweeping something with a brush:
｟英｠ 〖通例単数形で〗掃き掃除(すること)
e.g. I was giving the floor a quick sweep.
short for chimney sweep.
煙突掃除人(chimney sweep)
2. a long, swift curving movement:
(腕･刀などの)一振り, 大きく振ること
e.g. a grandiose sweep of his hand.
Electronics the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
3. a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area:
〖通例単数形で〗(場所を)くまなく捜すこと, (犯罪などを)一掃すること, 掃討
e.g. the police finished their sweep through the woods.
(often sweeps) North American a survey of the ratings of broadcast stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates.
4. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, country, etc.: we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across.
A〈地形〉の緩やかに伸びる曲線, (弧を描くように)長く伸びたA〈地域･土地〉
a curved part of a driveway in front of a building:
e.g. one fork of the driveway continued on to the gravel sweep.
the range or scope of something:
広範囲におよぶ, 壮大なA〈考え･計画･歴史など〉
e.g. the whole sweep of the history of the USSR.
5. informal a sweepstake.
｟米･くだけて｠ ; 〖～s; 単数扱い〗 ＝ sweepstakes.
6. North American an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest:
e.g. a World Series sweep.
7. a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel:
e.g. as modifier : a big, heavy sweep oar.
8. a sail of a windmill.
9. a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.
PHRASES
sweep the board
win every event or prize in a contest.
sweep someone off their feet
see foot.
a clean sweep
see clean.
sweep something under the rug (or carpet)
conceal or ignore a problem or difficulty in the hope that it will be forgotten.
PHRASAL VERBS
sweep something away (or aside)
remove, dispel, or abolish something in a swift and sudden way: Nahum's smile swept away the air of apprehensive gloom.
ORIGIN
Old English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.