nnoun.artifacta cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handleDerivationally Related Form:broom
Hypernyms:cleaning device cleaning equipment cleaning implement
Inherited Hypernyms:broomcleaning implementimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:besompush broomwhiskwhisk broom
Part Meronyms:broom handle broomstick
Full Hyponyms:besompush broomwhisk
nnoun.plantany of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowersMember Holonyms:Papilionoideae subfamily Papilionoideae
Hypernyms:bush shrub
Inherited Hypernyms:broomshrubwoody plantvascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Cytisus albusCytisus multiflorusCytisus scopariusGenista anglicaGenista hispanicaGenista tinctoriaScotch broomSpanish broomSpanish gorseSpartium junceumbroom treecommon broomdyer's-broomdyer's greenweeddyeweedgreen broomgreenweedneedle furzepetty whinweaver's broomweeping tree broomwhinwhite Spanish broomwhite broomwoadwaxenwoodwaxen
Full Hyponyms:broom treecommon broomspanish broomweeping tree broomwhite broomwoodwaxen
nnoun.plantcommon Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphereSynset:Calluna vulgaris Scots heather heather ling
Member Holonyms:Calluna genus Calluna
Hypernyms:heath
Inherited Hypernyms:heatherheathshrubwoody plantvascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.contactsweep with a broom or as if with a broomSynset:sweep
Examples:- Sweep the crumbs off the table
- Sweep under the bed
Derivationally Related Form:broomsweepingsweeper
Hypernyms:pass over wipe
Inherited Hypernyms:sweepwiperubguide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactfinish with a broomHypernyms:finish
Inherited Hypernyms:broomfinishcoatcover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something