broom

Definition of broom in English English dictionary: To sweep
We broomed the dirt floor clean with spruce branches, brought our gear inside, and moved in.; Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae; 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; An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper; {n} a kind of shrub, a besom to sweep with; the instrument used to sweep the ice Brooms with brush heads are most common; {i} tool used for sweeping; type of plant; Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboidae; An implement for sweeping floors, etc; any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers; n sapu; sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"; Fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping; {f} sweep with a broom; a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle; A type of device used to sweep the ice in the path of the stone and may be manufactured with straw or synthetic fibers; An instrument used to sweep the ice ahead of the stone; finish with a broom; the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers; A broom is a kind of brush with a long handle. You use a broom for sweeping the floor; A broom is a long-handled brush; 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom; common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere; Broom is a wild bush with a lot of tiny yellow flowers. In botany, any of several leguminous shrubs or small trees of the genus Cytisus, native to temperate regions of Europe and western Asia. They are cultivated widely, chiefly for their attractive flowers. The compound leaves have three leaflets. The solitary or clustered yellow, purple, or white flowers resemble pea flowers. The fruit is a flat pod. A common, almost leafless species is C. scoparius, a shrub with bright yellow flowers often grown for erosion control in warm climates. Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) is a shrub of the lily family with small whitish flowers and red berries; a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers finish with a broom; a long handled implement for throwing and occasionally sweeping Parts of a broom: End - the tip of the broom shaft Head - the large part with the bristles Shaft - the long part of the broom that defines it (wood/metal/plastic); A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp
broom wagon: vehicle that follows a race, picking up stragglers
broom beard grass: handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
broom closet: a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment
broom corn: A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made
broom grass: any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
broom handle: the handle of a broom
broom rape: Ludovicianum
broom rape: The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A
broom rape: A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia
broom rape: They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc
broom sedge: tall tufted grass of southeastern United States
broom tree: prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
a new broom sweeps clean: New management will often make radical changes
brooming: Present participle of broom
brooming: To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane
new broom: A new leader or management
In one way, Mr. Brown's position is particularly difficult, because unlike other political leaders he cannot claim to be a new broom. The Economist in article Labour pains on Dec 1st 2007.
Butcher's broom: low evergreen Eurasian shrub of the lily family having long and straight thin bright green branches (that are used for making brooms) greenish flowers and bears red berries; extract from the Butcher's broom bush used to improve circulation and reduce redness of the face (believed to have effects that prevent cellulite)
brooming: Embedding a ply of roofing material by using a broom to smooth out the ply and ensure contact with the adhesive under the ply
brooming: an action carried out to facilitate embedment of a ply of roofing material into hot bitumen by using a broom, squeegee, or special implement to smooth out the ply and ensure contact with the bitumen or adhesive under the ply
brooming: Embedding a ply of roofing material into hot bitumen or adhesive by using a broom, squeegee, or other piece of equipment to eliminate voids and help ensure adhesion
brooming: Sweeping "I'm gonna broom the floor"
brooms: plural of , broom
brooms: third-person singular of broom
butcher's broom: shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
butchers broom: A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp
butchers broom: aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches
common broom: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
indigo broom: much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida
new broom: new manager or supervisor who tries to change orders and procedures
new broom: Someone who has just started a new job and who is expected to make a lot of changes can be referred to as a new broom. The company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom
new broom sweeps clean: something new and in good condition works better
push broom: a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper
push broom: A broom having a wide brush perpendicular to the end of a long handle, designed to be pushed in sweeping
spanish broom: erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
weeping tree broom: small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods
whisk broom: a small stiff broom used especially for brushing clothes
white broom: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
witches' broom: An abnormal brushlike growth of weak, closely clustered shoots or branches on a tree, such as the hackberry, caused by fungi or viruses
witches' broom: an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance