present participle and gerund of sweep
An instance of sweeping.
The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
The activity of sweeping.
Sweeping took all morning.
Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.
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Completely overwhelming.
He claimed a sweeping victory.
Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.