(martial arts) Any of several moves used to trip an opponent by forcefully moving one's legs horizontally at the feet or ankles of one's opponent.

plural of foot sweep

(idiomatic) To win all the prizes in a competition. / (card games) To take all of the cards. / (idiomatic) To get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.

plural of chimney sweep

(computing) A form of garbage collection in which every accessible object in memory is flagged, leaving unflagged only those that are no longer reachable and can thus be discarded.

plural of clean sweep

(chiefly politics) A complete or overwhelming victory, especially one in which all or almost all possible electoral contests are won.

(transitive, intransitive) To clean by sweeping. / (transitive) to transport to shore by waves. / (transitive, usually passive) to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.

(transitive) to remove by sweeping or brushing. / (transitive, idiomatic) to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)

(transitive) To remove something by, or as if by, sweeping. / (idiomatic, transitive) To overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.