What is the meaning of sweeping?

noun

• The act of cleaning with a broom.

verb

• Sweep across or over.
  • usage: "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
  • synonyms: brush, sweep
• Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.
  • usage: "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
  • synonyms: sweep, sail
• Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom.
  • usage: "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
  • synonyms: sweep, broom
• Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
  • usage: "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
  • synonyms: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
• To cover or extend over an area or time period.
  • usage: "Rivers traverse the valley floor, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
  • synonyms: cross, traverse, span, sweep
• Clean by sweeping.
  • usage: "Please sweep the floor"
  • synonyms: sweep
• Win an overwhelming victory in or on.
  • usage: "Her new show dog swept all championships"
  • synonyms: sweep
• Cover the entire range of.
  • synonyms: sweep
• Make a big sweeping gesture or movement.
  • synonyms: swing, sweep, swing out

adjective

• Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination.
  • usage: "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
• Ignoring distinctions.
  • usage: "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
  • synonyms: wholesale