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Sweeping

//ˈswiːpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

    "The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system."

  2. 2
    Completely overwhelming.

    "He claimed a sweeping victory."

  3. 3
    Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)
Adjective
  1. 1
    ignoring distinctions wordnet
  2. 2
    taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of sweeping. countable

    "The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning."

  2. 2
    the act of cleaning with a broom wordnet
  3. 3
    The activity of sweeping. uncountable

    "Sweeping took all morning."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sweep form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

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