Meaning of "broom" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BROOM

Old English brōm; related to Old High German brāmo, Middle Dutch bremme.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BROOM

broom  [bruːm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROOM

Broom is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb broom in English.

WHAT DOES BROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Broom

A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers 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 Japanese construction worker cleans up his construction site with a Japanese broom. The word "broom" derives from the name of certain thorny shrubs used for sweeping. The name of the shrubs began to be used for the household implement in Late Middle English and gradually replaced the earlier besom during the Early Modern English period. The song Buy Broom Buzzems still refers to the "broom besom" as one type of besom Flat brooms, made of broom corn, were invented by Shakers in the 19th century. A smaller whisk broom or brush is sometimes called a duster. One source states that the United States had 303 broom factories by 1839 and that the number peaked at 1,039 in 1919. Most of these were in the Eastern U. S. During the Great Depression, the number of factories declined to 320 in 1939. Oklahoma became a major center for broom production because broom corn grew especially well there.

Definition of broom in the English dictionary

The first definition of broom in the dictionary is an implement for sweeping consisting of a long handle to which is attached either a brush of straw, bristles, or twigs, bound together, or a solid head into which are set tufts of bristles or fibres. Other definition of broom is any of various yellow-flowered Eurasian leguminous shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, esp C. scoparius. Broom is also any of various similar Eurasian plants of the related genera Genista and Spartium.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BROOM

PRESENT

Present

I broom

you broom

he/she/it brooms

we broom

you broom

they broom

Present continuous

I am brooming

you are brooming

he/she/it is brooming

we are brooming

you are brooming

they are brooming

Present perfect

I have broomed

you have broomed

he/she/it has broomed

we have broomed

you have broomed

they have broomed

Present perfect continuous

I have been brooming

you have been brooming

he/she/it has been brooming

we have been brooming

you have been brooming

they have been brooming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I broomed

you broomed

he/she/it broomed

we broomed

you broomed

they broomed

Past continuous

I was brooming

you were brooming

he/she/it was brooming

we were brooming

you were brooming

they were brooming

Past perfect

I had broomed

you had broomed

he/she/it had broomed

we had broomed

you had broomed

they had broomed

Past perfect continuous

I had been brooming

you had been brooming

he/she/it had been brooming

we had been brooming

you had been brooming

they had been brooming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will broom

you will broom

he/she/it will broom

we will broom

you will broom

they will broom

Future continuous

I will be brooming

you will be brooming

he/she/it will be brooming

we will be brooming

you will be brooming

they will be brooming

Future perfect

I will have broomed

you will have broomed

he/she/it will have broomed

we will have broomed

you will have broomed

they will have broomed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been brooming

you will have been brooming

he/she/it will have been brooming

we will have been brooming

you will have been brooming

they will have been brooming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would broom

you would broom

he/she/it would broom

we would broom

you would broom

they would broom

Conditional continuous

I would be brooming

you would be brooming

he/she/it would be brooming

we would be brooming

you would be brooming

they would be brooming

Conditional perfect

I would have broom

you would have broom

he/she/it would have broom

we would have broom

you would have broom

they would have broom

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been brooming

you would have been brooming

he/she/it would have been brooming

we would have been brooming

you would have been brooming

they would have been brooming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you broom
we let´s broom
you broom

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to broom

Past participle

broomed

Present Participle

brooming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF BROOM

Find out the translation of broom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of broom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «broom» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 扫帚
• Translator English - Spanish: escoba
• English: broom
• Translator English - Hindi: झाड़ू
• Translator English - Arabic: مِكْنَسَة
• Translator English - Russian: веник
• Translator English - Portuguese: vassoura
• Translator English - Bengali: ঝাড়ু
• Translator English - French: balais
• Translator English - Malay: Penyapu
• Translator English - German: Besen
• Translator English - Japanese: ほうき
• Translator English - Korean: 비
• Translator English - Javanese: Sapu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chổi
• Translator English - Tamil: துடைப்பம்
• Translator English - Marathi: झाडू
• Translator English - Turkish: süpürge
• Translator English - Italian: scopa
• Translator English - Polish: miotła
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мітла
• Translator English - Romanian: mătură
• Translator English - Greek: σκούπα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: besem
• Translator English - Swedish: sopkvast
• Translator English - Norwegian: kost

10 QUOTES WITH «BROOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word broom.

1

Dan Buettner

Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.

2

Tracy Chapman

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.

3

Bradley Chicho

Shine like the day I set cosmic eyes on you, friend, by the light of the sweet squash in my lovely laser broom.

4

Zora Neale Hurston

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

5

Jon Bon Jovi

I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror.

6

Patti LaBelle

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

7

Callan McAuliffe

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.

8

John C. McGinley

Kanan is a big road through the Santa Monica Mountains. Between mid-March and mid-April, when you get over to the western side of the mountains, it's populated by Spanish broom - this beautiful, yellow, flowering weed that smells the way I imagine it smells along the Yellow Brick Road.

9

Kylie Minogue

When I was eight, my pals and I went up to my bedroom, put on our party frocks and mimed to ABBA records using broom handles as microphones.

10

LeRoy Neiman

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROOM»

Discover the use of broom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to broom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Room On The Broom

The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand.

Julia Donaldson, 2010

Stress and Animal Welfare

This book explains the basic biological principles of how animals actually cope with stress, and the major part of the work is devoted to explaining scientifically usable concepts in stress and welfare.

D.M. Broom, 1993

The Broom of the System: A Novel

Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent.

David Foster Wallace, 2004

Out of the Broom Closet: 50 True Stories of Witches Who ...

How do you tell your mother you're a witch? Coming out as a witch isn't easy. You may feel misunderstood, rejected, even discriminated against by friends, family, and coworkers.

Arin Murphy-Hiscock, 2009

Jumping the Broom in Style: A Collection of Styles and ...

Jumping the broom in style is an African inspired style guide for couples looking for something different, special, and personalized.

Thony C. Anyiam, 2007

Ellen's Broom

Cherishing the special broom resting above her hearth for its representation of the slave heritage that once forbade legal marriages, Ellen prepares for her parents' triumphant registry at a Reconstruction-era courthouse as lawful husband ...

Kelly Starling Lyons, 2012

Ozark Country

Most often these brooms were made by women; such broom makers were called jack-leg broom makers, meaning that they didn't do it for a living. Now broom makers are generally men, and broomcorn is rarely available from local farms.

W. K. McNeil, 1995

Hydrogen Storage Materials: The Characterisation of Their ...

The main features of Hydrogen Storage Materials include: an overview of the different types of hydrogen storage materials and the properties that are of interest for their practical use;descriptions of the gas sorption measurement methods ...

Darren P. Broom, 2011

Broom

An international magazine of the arts.

Harold Loeb, 1967

The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial ...

Presents a descriptive account of what are deemed to have been the most spectacular and notable comets ever recorded, beginning with 'Aristotle's Comet' of 372 BC and ending with McNaught's Comet of 2007.

David A.J. Seargent, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term broom is used in the context of the following news items.

Bell Co. inmates attempt escape, attack jailers with broom handles

Deputies say Dixon and Williams started to assault Sergeant Partin and Officer Brock with broom handles when they were not released. «WKYT, Jul 15»

Savannah business receives "golden broom" for keeping tidy

E. Shaver, Booksellers was awarded the golden broom Monday. It was given the award from the savannah development and renewal authority. «WJCL News, Jul 15»

Cast of children's theatre show Room on the Broom get ready to fly …

With a mixture of stage acting and clever puppetry, Room on the Broom has been described as a "quintessential family treat for everyone to ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»

Fine arts alumni pick up broom & brush to clean, colour their campus

INDORE: Unhappy with poor condition of Government Fine Arts College, which has virtually turned into a garbage dump and urinal for nearby ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

Loch Broom dog accidentally went kayaking and had to be rescued

So when the Osborne family's dog Rosy leapt onto a kayak on Loch Broom in the Scottish highlands, she was left helpless as it floated out ... «Metro, Jul 15»

Litter-lout Britain needs a new broom

Here is a terrible secret of the British class system. Litter is not, and never has been, a class issue. Some people drop rubbish, some don't. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Father charged with broom violence on 4-year-old

PANAMA CITY — A local man has been arrested for allegedly hitting his 4-year-old son in the forehead with the brush part of a broom, ... «The News Herald, Jul 15»

Woman cleans streets of Nitro, WV with broom and dust pan

Armed with a dust pan, a broom and determination she cleans up what other leave behind. She's gets out and cleans a couple of days a month ... «WOWK, Jul 15»

Convenience store clerk chases suspects with broom

"Not today," the 42-year-old clerk yelled, then chased them with a broom in hand, police said. Outside the store, she hit one of the suspects and ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»

Astros put broom to Royals in sweep

HOUSTON (TNS) — Jose Altuve stretched his left hand toward the plate and Salvador Perez stretched his left arm toward his childhood friend. «The Garden City Telegram, Jul 15»