3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a
door; the sweep of the eye.
4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried
away everything within its sweep.
5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic
disease.
6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of
a compass.
7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like,
away from a rectlinear line.
The road which makes a small sweep.
Sir W. Scott.