Sweep
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush. To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. To search (a place) methodically. To play a sweep shot. To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less. To move something in a particular motion, as a broom
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The person who steers a dragon boat. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew. A chimney sweep. A search (typically for bugs [electronic listening devices]). 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.
Example sentence: I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.
Broom
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper.Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboidae.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sweep.To travel by car or another fast vehicle.
Example sentence: Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.