Sweeping

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a.) 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 accusation.

(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweep

King James Dictionary

Swee'Ping, ppr. Brushing over rubbing with a broom or besom cleaning with a broom or besom brushing along passing over dragging over.