sweeping

nouns

the act of cleaning with a broom

sweeping

is derived from

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

the act of making something clean

"he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

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"

sweeping

is similar to

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"

ignoring distinctions

"sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"

sweeping, wholesale