Home Help Word English Spanish French Russian German Italian Chinese (Trad.) Chinese (Simpl.) Portuguese Arabic Turkish Greek » Definition of " Sweeping " in English English Dictionary Results Sweeping of Sweep p. pr. & vb. n. Sweeping Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. a. Sweepings Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street. n. pl.