sweeping

English Thesaurus

1. the act of cleaning with a broom (noun.act)

hypernym	:	cleaning, cleansing, cleanup,
definition	:	the act of making something clean (noun.act)

2. ignoring distinctions (adj.all)

similar	:	indiscriminate,
definition	:	not marked by fine distinctions (adj.all)

3. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination (adj.all)

similar	:	broad, wide,
definition	:	having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other (adj.all)

4. the act of cleaning with a broom (noun.act)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)