Словарь синонимов английского языка - sweep

(v) 1. brush, whisk, clean, clear, tidy up: This weekend I have to sweep out the basement. 2. Often, sweep away. carry or take (away or off), destroy, wipe out, demolish, remove, wash (away); blow (away): The raging torrent swept away the bridge. The wind swept the debris before it. 3. swoop, flounce, glide, sail, march, parade, skim, dear, dash, zoom: Hattie swept into the room majestically. 4. curve, arc, arch, bend, bow, circle, turn: The long drive to the house sweeps round the pond and gardens. -(n) 5. pass, clearance, stroke; purge: In one clean sweep the police rounded up all the suspects. 6. curve, arc, arch, bow, bend, curvature, flexure: Note the sweep of those main arches holding up the dome. 7. range, extent, compass, beach, stretch, scope, swing, span: The Hubbell space telescope has a farther sweep than any on earth.