broom

IPA: brˈum

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
especially, of the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium
of plants not closely related to those of tribe Genisteae.
(slang, rare) A shotgun.
A number of places in England:
A village in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1743).
A hamlet in Long Marton parish, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY6623).
A locality in Thorncombe parish, west Dorset, on the boundary with Devon and close to Somerset (OS grid ref ST3202).
A southern suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4491).
A village in Bidford-on-Avon parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0853).
A suburb of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5556).
A hamlet in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1108).
A surname.

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
(roofing) 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.
(figurative) to get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life
(nautical) Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”) [(nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.]

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