sweep :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"

swing, swing out

v. make a big sweeping gesture or movement

brush, sweep over, sweep across

v. sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"

tangle, sweep up, involve, embroil, drag in

v. engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

cut, swing, baseball swing

n. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"

swipe

n. a sweeping stroke or blow

extent

n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"

amplitude

n. greatness of magnitude

area, surface, expanse

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

blow, bump

n. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

blow, shock

n. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

blow, float, drift, be adrift

v. be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

waft, drift, be driven

v. be carried along

whisk

v. move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

breeze, move rapidly

v. to proceed quickly and easily

glide, fly a glider

v. fly in or as if in a glider plane

mesh, enmesh, ensnarl

v. entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

entail, implicate

v. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"

drag, draw, shlep, pull along

v. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"

exclude, shut out, keep out

v. prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

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