| sweeping | | |
| n. (act) | 1. sweeping | the act of cleaning with a broom. |
| ~ cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | the act of making something clean.; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" |
| adj. | 2. sweeping | taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination.; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river" |
| ~ broad, wide | having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" |
| adj. | 3. sweeping, wholesale | ignoring distinctions.; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" |
| ~ indiscriminate | not marked by fine distinctions.; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles" |
| span | | |
| n. (time) | 1. span | the complete duration of something.; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" |
| ~ attention span | the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the period of time during which something continues. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. span | the distance or interval between two points. |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | two items of the same kind. |
| ~ fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ doubleton | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. span | a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches). |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bridge, span | a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.. |
| ~ arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it. |
| ~ bailey bridge | a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction. |
| ~ cantilever bridge | bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle. |
| ~ cattle grid, cattle guard | a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle. |
| ~ covered bridge | a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides. |
| ~ drawbridge, lift bridge | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it. |
| ~ footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge | a bridge designed for pedestrians. |
| ~ flyover, overpass | bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels. |
| ~ pier | a support for two adjacent bridge spans. |
| ~ bateau bridge, floating bridge, pontoon bridge | a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons. |
| ~ rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes. |
| ~ steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ suspension bridge | a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends. |
| ~ toll bridge | a bridge where toll is charged for crossing. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| ~ trestle | a supporting tower used to support a bridge. |
| ~ trestle bridge | a bridge supported by trestlework. |
| ~ truss bridge | a bridge supported by trusses. |
| ~ viaduct | bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley. |
| n. (act) | 6. span, straddle | the act of sitting or standing astride. |
| ~ call option, call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. |
| ~ put, put option | the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| v. (stative) | 7. cross, span, sweep, traverse | to cover or extend over an area or time period.; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
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