sweep
n ~ (up/out) kufagia. make a clean ~ (of something) kumba, ondoa, zoa, fagilia mbali. 2 pigo la ghafula. 3 mkupuo. 4 mwendo wa nguvu, mkondo wa nguvu, mkondo. 5 (range) eneo, upeo. 6 (chimney) ~ n msafisha dohani. 7 kafi, kasia. 8 upondo. 9 ~ (stake) n bahati nasibu vt,vi 1 ~ something (from something); ~ something (free) of something; ~ something up/away etc. fagia, futa, pangusa; kokoa. 2 peperusha, zoa, safisha the wind swept the pieces of paper away upepo ulipeperusha karatasi the currents swept the branches along mawimbi yalizoa matawi. ~ all before one -wa na mafanikio mfululizo. ~ the board pata fedha yote iliyokuwa ikichezwa kamari; shinda zawadi zote. be swept off one's feet (fig) hemewa, jawa na jazba. swept back adj (of aircraft wings) liofungwa usawa wa pembekali kutoka katika muhimili wa ndege; (of hair) -liolazwa kuelekea nyuma. 3 kumba the storm swept the coast tufani ilikumba pwani. 4 enda kwa fahari. 5 enea, tanda. 6 angaza his eyes swept the room macho yake yaliangaza chumbani. 7 pita upesi the fingers swept the keys of the piano vidole vilipita haraka kwenye vipande vya kinanda. 8 inama, piga goti kwa madaha. sweeper n 1 mfagiaji, mfagizi; ufagio. 2 (football) mlinzi. sweeping adj kubwa; -a jumla ~ing changes mabadiliko makubwa ~ing statement kauli ya jumla. sweepingly adv. sweepings n pl vumbi, takataka, uchafu. sweepstake n bahati nasibu ya fedha (katika shindano).