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sweeping [′swēp·iŋ]

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The process of towing a line or object below the surface in order to determine whether an area is free from isolated submerged hazards to vessels and to determine the position of any such hazards that exist, or to determine the least depth of an area.

The process of clearing an area or channel of mines or other hazards to navigation.

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No references found			It was not a bad day for a walk, if you were young and strong, and could breast the great gusts of wind which came sweeping in from the sea. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context He pointed with a sweeping gesture, as though calling Adam's attention to the extent of the view. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context I CAN never forget the eighteen or twenty days during which the light trade-winds were silently sweeping us towards the islands. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context			Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814 Sweelinck Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon Sweeney Sweeney, James Johnson Sweeney, John Joseph Sweeney, Orland R. Sweep sweep amplifier sweep circuit sweep fitting Sweep Generator sweep jamming sweep lock sweep oscillator sweep rate sweep strip sweep tee sweep test sweep voltage sweep-frequency reflectometer sweep-out pattern sweep-through jammer sweepback sweeper sweeping sweeping receivers sweepstake sweepstakes sweepstakes route sweet Sweet Adeline sweet basil oil sweet bay oil Sweet Cherry sweet cicely sweet clover sweet corn sweet corrosion sweet crudes sweet fennel sweet fern sweet flag sweet gale sweet gas Sweet Grass Sweet Grass County sweet gum sweet oil sweet orange oil Sweet Pea			sweep under the carpet sweep under the carpet sweep under the mat sweep under the rug sweep under the rug sweep up sweep up sweep up after Sweep Visual Evoked Potential sweep voltage Sweep Width sweep-frequency reflectometer sweep-out pattern Sweep-saw sweep-second sweep-second hand sweep-through jammer Sweep-to-Fill Order Sweep-to-Fill Orders Sweepage sweepback sweepback Sweepdom sweeper sweeper sweeper sweeper track Sweepers Sweepers SWEEPEX sweeping Sweeping (sport) Sweeping (sport) sweeping change Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation sweeping off their feet sweeping off their feet sweeping off their feet sweeping off their feet sweeping receivers sweeping the board sweeping the board sweeping the board sweeping the board sweeping under the carpet sweeping under the carpet Sweeping-Based Spatial Join sweepingly sweepingly sweepingly sweepingness sweepingness sweepingness sweepings sweepings sweepings sweeps sweeps sweeps sweeps sweeps

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