Definitions
a movement in an arc
Word origin
From Middle English swepen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipijan (unattested in Old English), from Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną. Cognate with Early Modern West Frisian swiepe (“whip, cleanse, sweep”), from Old Frisian swēpa, suepa (“sweep”). More distantly related to Old Norse sveipa (whence Swedish svepa). See also swoop.
Used in a sentence
“to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney”
“I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.”
“The wind sweeps across the plain.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Brush clean”5 letters
02“Clean with a broom”5 letters
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