Broom
noun
A tool with stiff fibers attached to a long handle, used for cleaning floors.
She swept the kitchen floor with a broom.
Often appears as...
- sweep with a broom
- broom closet
noun
A type of shrub with small yellow flowers that looks like a brush.
The hills were covered in wild broom.
Often appears as...
- wild broom
- broom bush
Usage tips
Appreciative
verb
To clean or sweep with a broom.
I need to broom the patio before our guests arrive.
Often appears as...
- broom the floor
- broom the dust
noun
A tool with stiff fibers attached to a long handle, used for cleaning floors.
She swept the kitchen floor with a broom.
Often appears as...
- sweep with a broom
- broom closet
noun
A type of shrub with small yellow flowers that looks like a brush.
The hills were covered in wild broom.
Often appears as...
- wild broom
- broom bush
Usage tips
Appreciative
verb
To clean or sweep with a broom.
I need to broom the patio before our guests arrive.
Often appears as...
- broom the floor
- broom the dust
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cleaning Tool
The term 'broom' often implies manual cleaning of floors or streets.
He grabbed a broom to clear the sidewalk of leaves.
Pro Tip 2/3Witch's Vehicle
In fairy tales and stories, witches are depicted flying on brooms.
The witch soared through the sky on her broom.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Necessity
A broom is a common household item; every home usually has one.
Could you please put the broom back in the broom closet?
Pro Tip 1/3Cleaning Tool
The term 'broom' often implies manual cleaning of floors or streets.
He grabbed a broom to clear the sidewalk of leaves.
Pro Tip 2/3Witch's Vehicle
In fairy tales and stories, witches are depicted flying on brooms.
The witch soared through the sky on her broom.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Necessity
A broom is a common household item; every home usually has one.
Could you please put the broom back in the broom closet?
Pro Tip 1/3Cleaning Tool
The term 'broom' often implies manual cleaning of floors or streets.
He grabbed a broom to clear the sidewalk of leaves.
Pro Tip 2/3Witch's Vehicle
In fairy tales and stories, witches are depicted flying on brooms.
The witch soared through the sky on her broom.
Pro Tip 3/3Household Necessity
A broom is a common household item; every home usually has one.
Could you please put the broom back in the broom closet?
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Video examples
Anil Gupta: India's...
Look at what she has done. The whole wall is her canvas. She's sitting there with a broom. Is she an artisan or an artist? Obviously she's an artist; she's a creative person. If we can create markets for these artists, we will not have to employ them for digging earth and breaking stones. They will be paid for what they are good at, not what they're bad at.
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My journey from Marine...
and frickin' bat caves, like, for real. And all it takes is a broom closet or a back room or a fire escape, and Danny's hand-me-down jeans are gone. And my navy blue polo shirt, the one that looks kinda good on me but has that hole on it near the butt from when it got snagged on the chain-link fence behind Arturo's
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What I discovered in New...
and interviewed people in offices and facilities all over the city, and I learned a lot, but I was still an outsider. I needed to go deeper. So I took the job as a sanitation worker. I didn't just ride in the trucks now. I drove the trucks. And I operated the mechanical brooms and I plowed the snow.
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An athlete uses physics...
in equal distance from each corner. We can find the center of mass for other objects by similar calculations, or by finding the object's balancing point, which lies right underneath its center of mass. Try balancing a broom by holding it and slowly bringing your hands together until they meet.
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Why theater is essential...
That's the first thing he ever did that wasn't Shakespeare. Clive Barnes in The Times said that it was as if Mr. Papp took a broom and swept up all the refuse from the East Village streets onto the stage at the Public. He didn't mean it complimentarily,
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A Rescue from Euthanasia...
learned over the years is that when you use a broom collar to a very intense dog it doesn't really help it actually frustrates them or pinches him you know it just creates an irritation my suggestion is to use it when there's not so much intensity
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"MacGyver"-like Prison...
other things I thought would come in handy then I took a look at the cleaning supplies I noticed the brooms had steeled tie wire wrapped around them where the straw bristles were attached to the wooden
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A Collection Of Summer...
insects are so abundant in the montado that a pair of portuguese swallows regularly rears three brooms each season rather than the two more typical in britain
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Theaster Gates: How to...
This is performance art, and people would come over, and I would start sweeping. Because the broom was free and sweeping was free. It worked out.
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Songs that bring history...
When I was 16, found my bloom and found my man, we jumped the broom. We pledged each other the rest of our lives
Video examples
Anil Gupta: India's...
Look at what she has done. The whole wall is her canvas. She's sitting there with a broom. Is she an artisan or an artist? Obviously she's an artist; she's a creative person. If we can create markets for these artists, we will not have to employ them for digging earth and breaking stones. They will be paid for what they are good at, not what they're bad at.
Video examples
My journey from Marine...
and frickin' bat caves, like, for real. And all it takes is a broom closet or a back room or a fire escape, and Danny's hand-me-down jeans are gone. And my navy blue polo shirt, the one that looks kinda good on me but has that hole on it near the butt from when it got snagged on the chain-link fence behind Arturo's
Video examples
What I discovered in New...
and interviewed people in offices and facilities all over the city, and I learned a lot, but I was still an outsider. I needed to go deeper. So I took the job as a sanitation worker. I didn't just ride in the trucks now. I drove the trucks. And I operated the mechanical brooms and I plowed the snow.
Video examples
An athlete uses physics...
in equal distance from each corner. We can find the center of mass for other objects by similar calculations, or by finding the object's balancing point, which lies right underneath its center of mass. Try balancing a broom by holding it and slowly bringing your hands together until they meet.
Video examples
Why theater is essential...
That's the first thing he ever did that wasn't Shakespeare. Clive Barnes in The Times said that it was as if Mr. Papp took a broom and swept up all the refuse from the East Village streets onto the stage at the Public. He didn't mean it complimentarily,
Video examples
A Rescue from Euthanasia...
learned over the years is that when you use a broom collar to a very intense dog it doesn't really help it actually frustrates them or pinches him you know it just creates an irritation my suggestion is to use it when there's not so much intensity
Video examples
"MacGyver"-like Prison...
other things I thought would come in handy then I took a look at the cleaning supplies I noticed the brooms had steeled tie wire wrapped around them where the straw bristles were attached to the wooden
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
insects are so abundant in the montado that a pair of portuguese swallows regularly rears three brooms each season rather than the two more typical in britain
Video examples
Theaster Gates: How to...
This is performance art, and people would come over, and I would start sweeping. Because the broom was free and sweeping was free. It worked out.
Video examples
Songs that bring history...
When I was 16, found my bloom and found my man, we jumped the broom. We pledged each other the rest of our lives
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Tracy Chapman
American Musician
Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually need, like a hammer or a broom or a toothbrush. But now there's this notion that they can sell you anything. And all they have to do is convince you that you need it.
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Jose Feliciano
Puerto Rican Musician
I thought I'd be spending my life making brooms, mops, chairs and things. That's fine for some blind people, but I wanted something more out of life. Music seemed the best way.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
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Julie Foudy
American Athlete
I don't know if there's any sport that's stupid, but I really don't understand curling. I guess I'm just not into brooms on ice.
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Manini Mishra
Indian Actress
I had heard stories about witches flying on a broom as a kid and I would always think, wow, they had their own private jet.
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Keith Richards
English Musician
Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
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Trent Reznor
American Musician
It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.
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Patti LaBelle
American Musician
I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.
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Salim Akil
My wife asked me to marry her. But we did not jump the broom.
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Zora Neale Hurston
American Dramatist
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Quote examples
Tracy Chapman
American Musician
Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually need, like a hammer or a broom or a toothbrush. But now there's this notion that they can sell you anything. And all they have to do is convince you that you need it.
Quote examples
Jose Feliciano
Puerto Rican Musician
I thought I'd be spending my life making brooms, mops, chairs and things. That's fine for some blind people, but I wanted something more out of life. Music seemed the best way.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Quote examples
Julie Foudy
American Athlete
I don't know if there's any sport that's stupid, but I really don't understand curling. I guess I'm just not into brooms on ice.
Quote examples
Manini Mishra
Indian Actress
I had heard stories about witches flying on a broom as a kid and I would always think, wow, they had their own private jet.
Quote examples
Keith Richards
English Musician
Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
Quote examples
Trent Reznor
American Musician
It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.
Quote examples
Patti LaBelle
American Musician
I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.
Quote examples
Salim Akil
My wife asked me to marry her. But we did not jump the broom.
Quote examples
Zora Neale Hurston
American Dramatist
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Example 1 of 10
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