Sweep or swept may refer to:

Cleaning

* Sweep, the action of using a brush to clean *

Chimney sweep A chimney sweep is a person who clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys ...

, a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys *

Street sweeper A street sweeper or street cleaner may refer to a person's occupation or to a machine that cleans streets. Street sweepers have been employed in cities as "sanitation workers" since sanitation and waste removal became a priority. A stre ...

, 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 ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

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Sweep-picking Sweep picking is a guitar playing technique. When sweep picking, the guitarist plays single notes on consecutive strings with a 'sweeping' motion of the pick, while using the fretting hand to produce a specific series of notes that are fast a ...

, 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 minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

, a small naval ship designed to engage in minesweeping *

Minesweeping Minesweeping is the practice of the removal of explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that ...

, the practice of removing explosive mines *

Radio-frequency sweep Radio frequency sweep or frequency sweep or RF sweep apply to scanning a radio frequency band for detecting signals being transmitted there. This is implemented using a radio receiver having a tunable receiving frequency. As the frequency of the ...

, the action of scanning a radio frequency band for detecting signals transmitted there * SWEEPS, a 2006 astronomical survey project using the

Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most vers ...

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 Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Manchester City, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers, in Major L ...

, a football player nicknamed Sweep

Sports

Sweep (American football) A sweep is an outside running play in American football where a running back takes a pitch or handoff from the quarterback and starts running parallel to the line of scrimmage, allowing for the offensive linemen and fullback to get in front o ...

, a running play in American football * **

Packers sweep The Packers sweep, also known as the Lombardi sweep, is an American football play popularized by Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. The Packers sweep is based on the sweep, a football play that involves a back taking a handoff and runni ...

, a running play popularized by Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers *

Sweep (martial arts) A sweep is either of two categories of martial arts techniques. From standing, sweeps are throws or takedowns that primarily use the legs to attack an opponent's legs. On the ground, sweeps are techniques for reversing a grappling position from ...

, the name used for two categories of martial arts techniques *

Sweep (rowing) Sweep rowing is one of two disciplines of the sport of rowing. In sweep rowing each rower has one oar, usually held with both hands. As each rower has only one oar, the rowers have to be paired so that there is an oar on each side of the boat. I ...

, a rowing technique * Sweep shot, a shot played in cricket *

Whitewash (sport) In sport, a whitewash or sweep is a series in which a person or team wins every game. Usage by sport Baseball In Major League Baseball, teams typically play multiple games against each other; if one team wins all the games in that series, it is ...

or sweep, winning a series or contest without any losses *

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

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 In computational geometry, a sweep line algorithm or plane sweep algorithm is an algorithmic paradigm that uses a conceptual ''sweep line'' or ''sweep surface'' to solve various problems in Euclidean space. It is one of the key techniques in compu ...

, a concept in computational geometry * Sweeps, a regional English term for

windmill sail Windmills are powered by their sails. Sails are found in different designs, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails. Jib sails The jib sail is found in Mediterranean countries and consists of a simple triangle of cloth wound rou ...

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Sweepstakes A sweepstake is a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the ...

, a sales promotion or lottery * Swept wing, a layout of the wings on an airplane