sweep

verb [I/T] (CLEAN)

/swip/ (past tense and past participle swept /swept/)

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› to clean a floor or other surface by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed: [T] She sweeps the street in front of her house. [M] The classroom is filthy – could you sweep it out? [I] I swept under every piece of furniture.

(Definition of sweep verb (CLEAN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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