Sweeping vs. Broom

Sweepingverb

present participle of sweep

Sweepingnoun

(countable) An instance of sweeping.

Sweepingnoun

(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.

Sweepingadjective

wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things

Sweepingadjective

Completely overwhelming

Sweepingadjective

Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.

Sweepingnoun

the act of cleaning with a broom

Sweepingadjective

taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination;

Sweepingadjective

ignoring distinctions;

Sweepingadjective

having broad range or effect;

Sweepingadjective

extending or performed in a long, continuous curve

Sweepingadjective

wide in range or effect

Sweepingadjective

(of a statement) taking no account of particular cases or exceptions; too general

Sweepingnoun

dirt or refuse collected by sweeping

Broomnoun

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Broomnoun

An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

Broomnoun

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.

Broomverb

To sweep with a broom.

Broomverb

(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.

Broomnoun

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.

Broomnoun

An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; - so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.

Broomverb

See Bream.

Broomnoun

a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

Broomnoun

any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

Broomnoun

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

Broomverb

sweep with a broom or as if with a broom;

Broomverb

finish with a broom

Broom

A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) 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.