Word Meanings - SWEEPSTAKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin. 2. A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. Bp. Hacket.

Related words: (words related to SWEEPSTAKE)

• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• WINNOW
  comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• COMPLETE
  Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole. (more info) 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.
• CLEANLY
  1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith. 2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. "With cleanly powder dry their
• WINNINGNESS
  The quality or state of being winning. "Winningness in style." J. Morley.
• COMPLETENESS
  The state of being complete.
• WINNER
  One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
• CLEAN-TIMBERED
  Well-propotioned; symmetrical. Shak.
• SWEEPAGE
  The crop of hay got in a meadow.
• WINNOWING
  The act of one who, or that which, winnows.
• WINNARD
  The redwing.
• CARRYK
  A carack. Chaucer.
• WINNING
  Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. "Each mild and winning note." Keble.
• 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
• WINNINGLY
  In a winning manner.
• SWEEP
  1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• TWINNER
  One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
• INCOMPLETE
  Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. Incomplete equation , an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. (more info)
• CLEAN
  Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the
• SCARRY
  Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
• PEASWEEP
  The pewit, or lapwing. The greenfinch.