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broom

/ broom /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
Type of:
cleaning implement
Kinds of:
besom push broom whisk whisk broom
Derived:
sweep
noun Sense 2
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Type of:
shrub bush
Kinds of:
weeping tree broom white broom white Spanish broom Cytisus albus Cytisus multiflorus
Has parts:
Papilionoideae subfamily Papilionoideae
verb Sense 3
finish with a broom
Type of:
finish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
"Sweep the crumbs off the table"
"Sweep under the bed"
Type of:
wipe pass over
Derived:
sweeper carpet sweeper sweeping
Verb group:
sweep
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
Type of:
heath
Has parts:
Calluna genus Calluna
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
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cleaning implement besom push broom whisk whisk broom shrub bush weeping tree broom white broom white Spanish broom Cytisus albus Cytisus multiflorus