Sweep

• 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 • Street sweeper, 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 • "Swept", a 1986 song by Spandau Ballet from the album Through the Barricades == 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 • Sweep (sports), or whitewash, winning a series or contest without any losses • 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 == See also ==