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broom
(bro͞om, bro͝om)n.
1. An implement used for sweeping, typically consisting of a bunch of stiff synthetic fibers or broomcorn stalks, or formerly twigs or straw, bound together and attached to a handle.
2.
a. Any of various European and North African shrubs of the genus Cytisus in the pea family, especially C. scoparius, having mostly compound leaves with three leaflets and showy, usually bright yellow flowers.
b. Any of several similar or related shrubs, especially in the genera Genista and Spartium.
tr.v. broomed, broom·ing, brooms
To sweep with a broom.
[Middle English brom, from Old English brōm, broom plant (Cytisus scoparius and similar plants); akin to Dutch braam, blackberry, bramble, from Germanic *brēmaz, prickly shrub.]
broom′y adj.
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broom
(bruːm; brʊm)n
1. (Tools) an implement for sweeping consisting of a long handle to which is attached either a brush of straw, bristles, or twigs, bound together, or a solid head into which are set tufts of bristles or fibres
2. (Plants) any of various yellow-flowered Eurasian leguminous shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, esp C. scoparius
3. (Plants) any of various similar Eurasian plants of the related genera Genista and Spartium
4. new broom a newly appointed official, etc, eager to make changes
vb
(tr) to sweep with a broom
[Old English brōm; related to Old High German brāmo, Middle Dutch bremme]
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broom
(brum, brʊm)n.
1. an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or some other stiff material on a long handle.
2. any of several flowering shrubs or small trees of the genera Cytisus and Genista, of the legume family, esp. C. scoparius, with yellow flowers borne on long branches.
v.t. 3. to sweep.
4. to splinter or fray mechanically.
[before 1000; Middle English brome, Old English brōm]
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broom
- Was first called a besom, but evolved because many of them were made of twigs from the wild broom shrub.See also related terms for twigs.
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broom
Past participle: broomed
Gerund: brooming
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| Noun | 1. |  broom - a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handlebesom - a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle broom handle, broomstick - the handle of a broom cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement - any of a large class of implements used for cleaning push broom - a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper whisk broom, whisk - a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes |
| 2. | broom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae weeping tree broom - small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two-seeded pods Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus, white broom, white Spanish broom - low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers common broom, Cytisus scoparius, green broom, Scotch broom - deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers broom tree, Genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin - prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe Genista hispanica, Spanish gorse, Spanish broom - erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen, whin - small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, weaver's broom - tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California | |
| 3. |  broom - common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphereheath - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers Calluna, genus Calluna - one species | |
| Verb | 1. | broom - sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" wipe, pass over - rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth" sweep - clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor" |
| 2. | broom - finish with a broom finish - provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly" |
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Translations
مِكْنَسَةمُكْنِسَهوزّال
ginesta
koštěsmetákjanovec
kostgyvel
balailo
luudpühkima
luutaluutiaharjalakaista
metla
rekettye
gullsópurkústur
ほうき
비
sausakrūmisšluota
irbuleneslota
prútnatec
metla
kvastsopkvast
ไม้กวาด
katırtırnağısaplı süpürgesüpürge
chổi
broom
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broom
(bruːm) noun1. a wild shrub of the pea family with (usually yellow) flowers. The hillside was covered in broom.
2. a long-handled sweeping brush.
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broom
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