English-Spanish translations for sweep

barrerEn esta Asamblea deberíamos barrer primero esta mugre apestosa de nuestra propia fachada. We in this House should sweep away this foul-smelling filth from in front of our own front doors first. Estos trabajos van a recibir un latigazo, las circunstancias van a barrer las dudas, a forzar las determinaciones. These projects will be given a strong boost, circumstances will sweep away any hesitation, force us to be resolute. El Consejo no puede limitarse a barrer sus problemas bajo la alfombra, donde resultan perfectamente evidentes a la vista del escándalo. The Council cannot simply sweep its problems under the carpet now, because the scandal has made them quite apparent.
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To clean by means of a stroke#Verb|stroking motion of a broom or brush
To move through a arc or similar long stroke
To search methodically
To play a sweep shot
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom
To defeat in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion
To strike with a long stroke
To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation
to vacuum a carpet or rug
A single action of sweeping
The person who steers a dragon boat possibly other types of boats? --
A chimney sweep
A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland
Violent and general destruction
A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding
The compass of any turning body or of any motion
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them
The almond furnace
Any of the blades of a windmill
Any of several in the kyphosid subfamily
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land

to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
The wind sweeps across the plain
The offended countess swept out of the ballroom
She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor
The wind sweeps the snow from the hills
The flooded river swept away the wooden dam
Their long descending train, / With rubies edgd and sapphires, swept the plain
to sweep the bottom of a river with a net
to sweep the heavens with a telescope
Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves
Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup
the sweep of an epidemic disease
the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye
I am primarily a sweep rower

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