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 broom broom /ˈbruːm/

noun

  1. () A cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle  ( broom )
    a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
     I sweep the utility room with a broom every day
    I sweep the utility room with a broom every day
  2. Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere  ( broom , Calluna vulgaris , heather , ling , Scots heather )
    common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere
     The purple heather covered the hillsides, providing a soft and fragrant blanket for the landscape
    The purple heather covered the hillsides, providing a soft and fragrant blanket for the landscape
  3. Any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers  ( broom )
    any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

verb

  1. Finish with a broom  ( broom )
    finish with a broom
  2. Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom  ( broom , sweep )
    sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
     Sweep the crumbs off the table
    Sweep the crumbs off the table
     Sweep under the bed
    Sweep under the bed