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1. (n.) broom
an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or some other stiff material on a long handle.
2. broom
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.
3. (v.t.) broom
to sweep.
4. broom
to splinter or fray mechanically.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME brome, OE brōm)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) broom
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
2. (noun) broom
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
3. (verb) heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
4. (verb) sweep, broom
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
"Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
5. (verb) broom
finish with a broom
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1. (noun) broom
a brush for sweeping floors
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) broom
a plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers
2. (noun) broom
an implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom
3. (verb) broom
see Bream
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Sense: a wild shrub of the pea family with (usually yellow) flowers
The hillside was covered in broom.
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 Afrikaans: besembos |
 Arabic: وزّال |
 Bulgarian: зановец |
 Brazilian: giesta |
 Czech: janovec |
 German: der Ginster |
 Danish: gyvel |
 Greek: σπάρτο (θαμνώδες φυτό) |
 Spanish: hiniesta |
 Estonian: ubapõõsas |
 Farsi: خلنگ؛ طاووسی |
 Finnish: vihma |
 French: genêt |
 Hebrew: רוֹתֶם |
 Hindi: पीले फूलों वाला एक तरह का |
 Croatian: žutilovka |
 Hungarian: rekettye |
 Indonesian: tumbuhan liar |
 Italian: ginestra |
 Japanese: えにしだ |
 Korean: 금작화 |
 Lithuanian: (šluotinis) sausakrūmis |
 Latvian: irbulene |
 Malay: jerami |
 Dutch: brem |
 Norwegian: gyvel |
 Polish: żarnowiec |
 Persian: خلنگ؛ طاووسی |
 Pashto: طاووسی |
 Portuguese: giesta |
 Romanian: grozamă |
 Russian: ракитник |
 Slovak: prútnatec |
 Slovenian: košeničica |
 Serbian: žutilovka |
 Swedish: ginst |
 Thai: ไม้ป่าตระกูลถั่ว มีดอกสีเ |
 Turkish: katırtırnağı |
 Taiwanese: 金雀花 |
 Ukrainian: рокитник |
 Urdu: مٹر کے خاندان کی ایک جنگل |
 Vietnamese: cây đậu chổi |
 Chinese: 金雀花 |
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