broom in English dictionary

  • broom

    Meanings and definitions of "broom"

    • To sweep.
    • (slang) To travel by car or another fast vehicle.
    • A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
    • (curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper .
    • (botany) Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
    • noun
      (countable, curling)
      An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
    • noun
      Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      Alternative form of [i]bream[/i] (to clean a ship's bottom)
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To sweep.
    • to sweep
    • domestic utensil
    • sweeper in curling
    • shrub
    • Device used to clean the floor.
    • noun
      any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
    • noun
      a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
    • noun
      common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
    • verb
      finish with a broom
    • verb
      sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"

    Synonyms of "broom" in English dictionary

    finish, sweep, Calluna vulgaris are the top synonyms of "broom" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of broom

    • broom ( plural  brooms)
    • lm  liczba mnoga brooms
    • broom ( third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)
    • broom (countable and uncountable, plural brooms)
    • broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)
  • Broom

    Meanings and definitions of "broom"

    • proper
      A surname.

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