sweep
US /swip/
・UK /swi:p/
A2
noun
- Man who cleans chimneys
- Act of cleaning a surface with a brush
- Long, smooth movement made with your arm or a tool
- Movement or search that covers a large area
verb
- To clean something from a surface with a brush
- To move or pass quickly and steadily
- To search a very wide area for something
Examples
with a sweep of his arm
We made a wide sweep south to the River Dee.