Definition of sweeping
English to English adjective - Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
source: Webster 1913 noun - the act of cleaning with a broom
source: WordNet 3.0 adjective satellite - taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
A sweeping glance. A wide-sweeping view of the river.
source: WordNet 3.0 - ignoring distinctions
Sweeping generalizations. Wholesale destruction.
source: WordNet 3.0 English to Tagalog noun - [swíping] Pinagwalisán; pinagpalisán
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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sweeping, sweepings, seeping, spying, siping, supping, shaping, spaying, sopping, swabbing, sea pink, spiffing, shopping, spinning, shipping, spang, spong, spink, sphinx, spongy
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