Sweep

Sweep or swept may refer to:

Cleaning

 * Sweep, the action of using a brush to clean
 * Chimney sweep, a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys
 * Street sweeper, a person's occupation, or a machine that cleans streets
 * Swept quartz, a cleaning of quartz crystal from alkali metal ions

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Sweep (book series), a fictional series by Cate Tiernan
 * Sweep (puppet), a character on the British children's television series The Sooty Show
 * Sweep, an ability keyword in Magic: The Gathering
 * Sweep-picking, a guitar technique
 * Sweeps period, a system of calculating viewership for television programming
 * Swept (album), a 1991 album by the English singer Julia Fordham

Detection

 * Bug sweeping, the common name for electronic counter surveillance
 * Minesweeper (ship), a small naval ship designed to engage in minesweeping
 * Minesweeping, the practice of removing explosive mines
 * Radio-frequency sweep, the action of scanning a radio frequency band for detecting signals transmitted there
 * SWEEPS, a 2006 astronomical survey project using the Hubble Space Telescope

Farming

 * Sweep (agricultural), a row crop cultivator
 * SWEEP (Soil and Water Environmental Enhancement program), a Canadian agricultural program 1986–1988

People with the name

 * Shaun Wright-Phillips, a football player nicknamed Sweep

Sports

 * Sweep (American football), a running play in American football
 * Packers sweep, a running play popularized by Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers
 * Sweep (martial arts), the name used for two categories of martial arts techniques
 * Sweep (rowing), a rowing technique
 * Sweep shot, a shot played in cricket
 * Whitewash (sport) or sweep, winning a series or contest without any losses
 * Curling involves sweeping on ice
 * Curling involves sweeping on ice

Other meanings

 * Sweep (fish), a number of fish in the suborder Scorpidinae
 * Sweep (horse) (1907–1936), champion Thoroughbred race horse
 * Sweep (motorcycle), in group motorcycle riding, the last rider in line
 * Sweep (software), a digital audio editor
 * Sweep, a gradual bend or elbow, in conduit, ductwork, piping, or other tubing
 * Well sweep, an irrigation tool
 * Sweep account, a kind of bank account
 * Sweep line algorithm, a concept in computational geometry
 * Sweeps, a regional English term for windmill sails
 * Sweepstakes, a sales promotion or lottery
 * Swept wing, a layout of the wings on an airplane
 * Selective sweep, a loss of genetic variation caused by selection for a beneficial mutation