Synonyms of the word broom


BROOMBUSH - FINISH - HEATH - HEATHER - SHRUB - SWEEP - WIPE

broom

  • n. (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
  • n. (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and…
  • n. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep.
  • v. (nautical) Alternative form of bream (to clean a ship's bottom).

bush

  • n. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually…
  • n. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
  • n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  • n. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a…
  • n. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
  • v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
  • v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
  • v. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
  • n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
  • n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
  • n. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
  • adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
  • adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
  • n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
  • n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
  • n. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which…
  • n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

finish

  • n. An end; the end of anything.
  • n. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
  • n. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
  • n. (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
  • v. (transitive) To complete (something).
  • v. (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
  • v. (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the…
  • v. (intransitive) To come to an end.

heath

  • n. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  • n. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
  • n. (countable) Certain butterflies and moths.

heather

  • n. (botany) An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • n. (botany) The Ericaceae family.
  • n. (botany) Various species of the genus Erica.
  • n. (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope.
  • n. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  • n. (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
  • adj. Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.

shrub

  • n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
  • v. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
  • v. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or…
  • n. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small…

sweep

  • v. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
  • v. (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
  • v. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
  • v. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
  • v. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that…
  • v. (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
  • v. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
  • v. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
  • v. To strike with a long stroke.
  • v. (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
  • v. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
  • n. A single action of sweeping.
  • n. The person who steers a dragon boat.
  • n. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
  • n. A chimney sweep.
  • n. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
  • n. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
  • n. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team…
  • n. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
  • n. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
  • n. Violent and general destruction.
  • n. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
  • n. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
  • n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
  • n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
  • n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
  • n. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
  • n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise…
  • n. Any of the blades of a windmill.
  • n. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
  • n. Any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

wipe

  • v. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance…
  • v. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
  • v. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To erase.
  • v. (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction…
  • v. (figuratively) To change one's demeanour or facial expression.
  • n. The act of wiping something.
  • n. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
  • n. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to…
  • n. The lapwing.

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