B2 [ T ] to clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed:

C2 [ I + adv/prep ] to move, especially quickly and powerfully:

[ T ] to quickly spread through and influence an area:

[ T ] to travel across all of an area, especially when looking for something:

[ I usually + adv/prep ] If a road, river, range of mountains, set of steps, etc. sweeps in a particular direction, they follow a particular curved path:

B2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] to remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way:

[ T ] US informal to win all the parts of a competition, or to win very easily:

[ C ] a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area:

[ C ] a long, often curved, area of land, sea, river, etc.:

[ C usually singular ] UK the act of sweeping something to clean it:

[ C ] old-fashioned for chimney sweep