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Sweepage

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sweepingsnounMaterial that is swept up.
sweepnounA single action of sweeping.
sweepingverb(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
swathnoun(often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
peasweepnoun(UK, dialect, archaic) The peewit, or lapwing.
rakingnounThe act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
broomingnounA sweeping with a broom.
swathenounA bandage; a band.
riffraffnoun(somewhat derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
sweepernounOne who sweeps.
aftermathnounThat which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
slough haynoun(Canadian Prairies) hay (fodder) cut from the edges of a slough (pond or ephemeral wetland)
swardnoun(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
haymakingnounThe cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
abaturenoun(usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
reapverb(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
hersagenounThe dragging of a harrow over a field.
scythingnounThe act of using a scythe.
windrownounA row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
roadsweepernounA machine used to sweep streets

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