Sweeping

Sweeping - Other Definitions

• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweep
  
  
• (a.) 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.
  
  
• (n. pl.) Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.