sweep

To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney

I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.

To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

The wind sweeps across the plain.

The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.

To search (a place) methodically.

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.

Everton took that disputed lead in a moment that caused anger to sweep around the Emirates.

To play a sweep shot.

A single action of sweeping.

Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.

The person who steers a dragon boat.

A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.

A chimney sweep.

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 bugs (electronic listening devices).