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What is the noun for sweeping?

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sweep
  1. A single action of sweeping.
  2. The person who steers a dragon boat.
  3. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
  4. A chimney sweep.
  5. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
  6. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
  7. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
  8. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
  9. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
  10. Violent and general destruction.
  11. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
  12. (card game) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
  13. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
  14. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
  15. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
  16. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
  17. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
  18. Any of the blades of a windmill.
  19. (plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
  20. Any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.
  21. Synonyms:
      22. range, extent, scope, ambit, reach, compass, span, spectrum, sphere, orbit, stretch, amplitude, breadth, confines, dimensions, gamut, limit, purview, realm, remit, spread, radius, region, width, distance, extension, latitude, length, expanse, area, field, scale, space, magnitude, bounds, size, dimension, expansion, limits, diapason, proportions, variety, territory, vastness, series, horizon, tract, domain, plain, parameters … more
  22. Examples:
      23. “By turning your head, you seemed to take in the whole sweep of Irish history, from the Vikings to the plantation.”
      “Mobutu stared out over the chocolate-brown sweep of the Congo river and remembered his father.”
      “Police officers conducted a sweep of the area hoping to apprehend the attackers, but to no avail.”
sweeper
  1. One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
  2. A detector (for mines).
  3. A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
  4. (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
  5. (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
  6. (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
  7. (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
  8. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
  9. A carpet sweeper.
  10. (US, regional, including Ohio and Indiana) A vacuum cleaner.
  11. (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. brush, broom, besom, whisk, hairbrush, toothbrush, paintbrush, polisher, waxer, clothes brush, sweeping brush, scrubbing brush, rake, mop, floor brush, carpet sweeper, feather duster, chimney sweep, sweep, chimney serviceman, chimney technician, fireplace sweep, hearth cleaner, smokestack cleaner, soot remover, chimney cleaner, chimney sweeper, flue cleaner, squeegee, sponge, swab, towel, absorb liquid duster, defender, back, backman, catcher, fielder, full back, goalkeeper, defence, defense, back four, wicket-keeper, janitor, caretaker, custodian, cleaner, curator … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “Police are investigating the incident involving a worker operating a mechanical street sweeper who was stopped by a gang of about eight youths.”
      “It is thought that nowadays it would be unusual for the scope of general sweeper up words to be cut down under the ejusdem generis rule.”
      “I often have found the sweeper poems to be most resonant with adolescents, both here and abroad.”
sweepage
  1. (Britain, dialect) The crop of hay obtained from a meadow.
  2. The process by which gases passing beneath the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator pick up dust from the hoppers, removing it from the precipitator exit.
  3. Detritus that is swept up with a broom or similar implement.
  4. The circuit of an oscilloscope used to track the time dimension.
  5. The act of sweeping or flowing.
  6. The movement of matter by a current.
  7. The matter that has been moved by a current.
  8. The state when a sweepboat is moving faster than the current of the water.
sweeping
  1. (countable) An instance of sweeping.
  2. (uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. housework, homemaking, tidying, chores, cleaning, tidiness, scrubbing, vacuuming, housecraft, washing, housekeeping, sewing, administration, cooking, ironing, laundering, management, mopping, stewardship, dusting, tidying up, spring-cleaning, home economics, domestic science, bed-making, domestic art, cleansing, purification, sterilization, ablution, sanitation, shampooing, antisepsis, disinfection, scouring, sterilisation, purge, purgation, brushing, deodorising, deodorizing, catharsis, decontamination, delousing, smoking, fumigation, cleanup, sanitization, abstersion, housecleaning … more
sweepingness
  1. The quality of being sweeping; broadness of scope.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fullness, breadth, depth, extensiveness, comprehensiveness, exhaustiveness, generality, inclusiveness, universality, ubiquity, prevalence, commonness, catholicity, broadness, length, scope, all-inclusiveness, completeness, popularity, miscellaneity, acceptedness, range, extent, reach, compass, width, sweep, vastness, scale, ambit, magnitude, amplitude, realm, dimension, orbit, confines, degree, coverage, gamut, thoroughness, inclusivity, soundness, spectrum, span, sphere, purview, limit, boundaries, field, jurisdiction … more
sweepings
  1. Material that is swept up.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chaff, debris, refuse, rubbish, waste, litter, garbage, scrap, junk, trash, dross, dreck, effluvium, effluvia, deadwood, truck, riffraff, detritus, offal, offscouring, dregs, remains, dust, raffle, spilth, drek, scraps, leavings, muck, mullock, grot, leftovers, draff, lumber, gash, offscourings, debitage, raff, orts, cultch, crust, shell, flotsam and jetsam, discarded matter, odds and ends, rubble, residue, slop, swill, fragments … more
sweepings
  1. plural of sweeping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chaff, debris, refuse, rubbish, waste, litter, garbage, scrap, junk, trash, dross, dreck, effluvium, effluvia, deadwood, truck, riffraff, detritus, offal, offscouring, dregs, remains, dust, raffle, spilth, drek, scraps, leavings, muck, mullock, grot, leftovers, draff, lumber, gash, offscourings, debitage, raff, orts, cultch, crust, shell, flotsam and jetsam, discarded matter, odds and ends, rubble, residue, slop, swill, fragments … more
sweepages
  1. plural of sweepage
sweepers
  1. plural of sweeper
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brushes, broom, besoms, whisks, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, paintbrushes, polishers, waxers, clothes brushes, scrubbing brushes, rakes, carpet sweepers, feather dusters, mops, chimney sweeps, sweeps, squeegees, sponge, swabs, towels, defenders, backs, backmen, catchers, fielders, goalkeepers, defence, defense, back fours, janitors, caretakers, custodians, cleaners, curators, groundskeepers, super, superintendents … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Therefore, the whole armada would be spear headed by a flotilla of 287 mine sweepers that would clear the way for the ships behind them.”
      “Ahead of the convoys were processions of mine sweepers, Coast Guard cutters, buoy-layers and motor launches.”
      “At the start of World War II, he entered the Royal navy and served with distinction on mine sweepers, destroyers, and rocket launchers.”
sweeps
  1. plural of sweep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sweepstakes, sweepstake, draw, sweep, lottery, raffle, competition, prize draw, game of chance
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