Broom
A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan.
A distinction is made between a “hard broom” and a “soft broom”. Soft brooms are for sweeping walls of cobwebs and spiders. Hard brooms are for sweeping dirt off sidewalks.
Broom (noun)
A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
Broom (noun)
An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
Broom (noun)
Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and noshow=1, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
Broom (verb)
To sweep with a broom.
Broom (verb)
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.
Sweep (verb)
To stroking motion of a broom or brush.
“to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney”
Sweep (verb)
To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
“The wind sweeps across the plain.”
“The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.”
Sweep (verb)
To search (a place) methodically.
Sweep (verb)
To travel quickly.
Sweep (verb)
To play a sweep shot.
Sweep (verb)
To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
Sweep (verb)
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
Sweep (verb)
To losing any of the games in that series.
Sweep (verb)
To losing any of the games in that series.
Sweep (verb)
To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
“She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.”
“The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.”
“The flooded river swept away the wooden dam.”
Sweep (verb)
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
“Their long descending train, / With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain.”
Sweep (verb)
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
Sweep (verb)
To strike with a long stroke.
Sweep (verb)
To draw or drag something over.
“to sweep the bottom of a river with a net”
Sweep (verb)
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
“to sweep the heavens with a telescope”
Sweep (noun)
A single action of sweeping.
“Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.”
Sweep (noun)
The person who steers a dragon boat.
Sweep (noun)
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
Sweep (noun)
A chimney sweep.
Sweep (noun)
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
Sweep (noun)
A batsman’s shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
“Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper”
Sweep (noun)
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
“Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.”
Sweep (noun)
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
Sweep (noun)
A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent’s legs.
Sweep (noun)
Violent and general destruction.
“the sweep of an epidemic disease”
Sweep (noun)
A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
Sweep (noun)
In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
Sweep (noun)
The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
“the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye”
Sweep (noun)
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
Sweep (noun)
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
Sweep (noun)
The almond furnace.
Sweep (noun)
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
Sweep (noun)
Any of the blades of a windmill.
Sweep (noun)
The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
Sweep (noun)
Any of several pl=s in the kyphosid subfamily noshow=1.
Sweep (noun)
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.