5 letter words starting with sw

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  • SWABS
  • SWACK
  • SWADS
  • SWAGE
  • SWAGS
  • SWAIL
  • SWAIN
  • SWALE
  • SWALY
  • SWAMI
  • SWAMP
  • SWAMY
  • SWANG
  • SWANK
  • SWANS
  • SWAPS
  • SWAPT
  • SWARD
  • SWARE
  • SWARF
  • SWARM
  • SWART
  • SWASH
  • SWATH
  • SWATS
  • SWAYL
  • SWAYS
  • SWEAL
  • SWEAR
  • SWEAT
  • SWEDE
  • SWEED
  • SWEEL
  • SWEEP
  • SWEER
  • SWEES
  • SWEET
  • SWEIR
  • SWELL
  • SWELT
  • SWEPT
  • SWERF
  • SWEYS
  • SWIES
  • SWIFT
  • SWIGS
  • SWILE
  • SWILL
  • SWIMS
  • SWINE
  • SWING
  • SWINK
  • SWIPE
  • SWIRE
  • SWIRL
  • SWISH
  • SWISS
  • SWITH
  • SWITS
  • SWIVE
  • SWIZZ
  • SWOBS
  • SWOLE
  • SWOLL
  • SWOLN
  • SWOON
  • SWOOP
  • SWOPS
  • SWOPT
  • SWORD
  • SWORE
  • SWORN
  • SWOTS
  • SWOUN
  • SWUNG

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Definition of sweep

sweep (noun)

  1. A single action of sweeping.
  2. The person who steers a dragon boat.
  3. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
  4. A chimney sweep.
  5. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
  6. A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
  7. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
  8. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
  9. A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
  10. Violent and general destruction.
  11. A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
  12. In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
  13. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
  14. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
  15. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
  16. A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
  17. (refining) The almond furnace.
  18. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
  19. Any of the blades of a windmill.
  20. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
  21. Any of several sea chub in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.
  22. An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

sweep (verb)

  1. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
  2. To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
  3. To search (a place) methodically.
  4. To travel quickly.
  5. To play a sweep shot.
  6. To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
  7. To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
  8. To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  9. To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  10. To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
  11. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
  12. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
  13. To strike with a long stroke.
  14. To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
  15. To draw or drag something over.
  16. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
  17. (including) to vacuum a carpet or rug


Definition of swift

swift (noun)

  1. A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
  2. Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
  3. A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
  4. Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
  5. A reel for winding yarn.
  6. The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
  7. The current of a stream.

swift (adjective)

  1. Fast; quick; rapid.
  2. Capable of moving at high speeds.

swift (adverb)

  1. Swiftly.

Definition of swill

swill (noun)

  1. (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
  2. (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
  3. (by extension) Anything disgusting or worthless.
  4. A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
  5. Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
  6. (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.

swill (verb)

  1. To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
  2. To wash (something) by flooding with water.
  3. To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
  4. (of a liquid) To move around or over a surface.
  5. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
  6. To feed swill to (pigs).

Definition of swims

swims (noun)

  1. An act or instance of swimming.
  2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
  3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
  4. A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.

swims (verb)

  1. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
  2. To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
  3. To move around freely because of excess space.
  4. To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
  5. To cause to swim.
  6. To float.
  7. To be overflowed or drenched.
  8. To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
  9. To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
  10. To glide along with a waving motion.

swims (noun)

  1. A dizziness; swoon.

swims (verb)

  1. To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.