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brooming

brooming is the present participle and gerund of broom.

Meaning of broom

Verb

broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To sweep with a broom.
    • […] Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied in brooming the front of the stables, when who should come but Hhamed Ould Denéï on horseback, at full gallop, as if he were going to break his neck. […]1855 September 29, Charles Dickens, "Model Officials", in Household Words: A Weekly Journal, Bradbury and Evens (1856), page 206
  2. 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.
  3. (figuratively) To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.
    • April 2002 Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, speaking to his son Harry, in the film "Spider-Man"
      A word to the "not-so-wise" about your girlfriend. Do what you need to with her, then broom her fast.

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Noun

brooming (plural broomings)

  1. A sweeping with a broom.
    • Each pass will actually receive two broomings. Because of the span, your broom head operates at an angle as opposed to a flat plane in which brooms are normally operated for sweeping.1992, David H. Jacobs, Concrete: a homeowner's illustrated guide, page 163
    • Then he went out into the spring sunshine to escape from her broomings and brushings, and there Brangwyn presently joined him, and they strolled together up the steep couloir, in the mouth of which the cottage stood.1998, Dion Fortune, The Winged Bull

Forms of brooming

pluralbroomings

Phrases with brooming

Questions about brooming

What does brooming mean?
Brooming means a sweeping with a broom.
What is brooming the present participle and gerund of?
Brooming is the present participle and gerund of broom.
What part of speech is brooming?
Brooming is a noun.
What is the plural of brooming?
The plural of brooming is broomings.

Words near brooming in the dictionary

  1. Broomieknowe
  2. Broomielaw
  3. broomier
  4. broomies
  5. broomiest
  6. brooming
  7. brooming up
  8. broomings
  9. broomland
  10. broomless
  11. broomlike

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