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to broom

to broom

4 1.7
To sweep a place using a long-handled brush
  • verb
  • /brum/
translation icon : barrer
  • So Dan just placed a little order to Home Depot because it's far away and we got to broom this scrubby room to scrub the cement outside because we had one.

Examples

Synonyms

to sweep
vsto broom
227 1.0

To clean a floor or surface by brushing away dirt with a broom

focuses on using a long handled tool specifically for household floors
to sweep the floor
vsto broom
14 1.0

To clean the floor by moving dust and dirt with a broom

is the same action but applies more broadly to any surface or tool

Idioms

To tell other people that you practice witchcraft or Pagan beliefs after keeping it secret

Compounds

6 1.0

A small cupboard or room to keep cleaning tools like brooms and mops

2 1.0

A long stick used to hold and move a broom

1 3.2

A wide cleaning tool with a long handle that you push to sweep floors

1 4.9

A small hand brush with a short handle for cleaning clothes and small areas

A low shrub with flat stems that look like leaves and red berries

9.9

An annual plant found in the dry American southwest with stiff woody branches, sticky leaves, and yellow flowers

A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn

7.7

A tall grass used to make brooms

9.9

A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies that looks like the silvertop palmetto

9.0

A tall grass that grows in many clumps in old fields in the southeastern United States

A low sticky bush with narrow leaves, many thin branches, and many tiny yellow flowers

A low sticky bush with many small yellow flowers

A prickly bush with bright yellow flowers that grows on moors

chaparral broom
  • Specialized
9.9

A spreading evergreen shrub with small clusters of white flowers that grows in dry places

5.5

A shrub from western Europe with bright yellow flowers grown in gardens

9.9

A small shrub with yellow flower clusters used to make dye and sometimes grown in gardens

8.8

A bush with bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens

9.9

A bushy plant with many branches and bright yellow flowers

The act of leaving out difficult or inconvenient facts on purpose to make something seem simpler

9.0

A shrub with slender green branches and bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens

8.5

A tall thornless shrub from the Mediterranean with sweet-smelling yellow flowers and flexible stems used to make baskets

A large broom for sweeping streets and other outdoor areas

A tall bush with pale yellow flowers and flexible twigs used to make baskets

weeping tree broom
  • New Zealand
9.9

A small plant with drooping branches and purple to white flowers from New Zealand

8.7

A low shrub from Europe with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers

A low European bush with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers

witch broom
  • Specialized
9.9

A dense cluster of twigs growing from one point on a tree

witches' broom
  • Specialized
9.9

A dense cluster of small branches on a tree caused by disease or insects

How Thorough

to scour
15 4.8
to scrub
55 1.0
to broom
4 1.7
to brush
242 1.0
to dust
66 1.0

Surface Forms

broom infinitive
broomed past
broomed past participle
brooming present participle
brooms third person singular

Etymology

Broom as a verb comes from the name of the tool: to broom means 'to sweep' with a broom, because people long used the shrub's twigs to move dirt and dust away.