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sweep

1. verb /swiːp/

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

[H]as the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent?

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

2. noun /swiːp/

a) The person who steers a dragon boat.<! possibly other types of boats?

Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.

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

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