Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To sweep with a broom.

    подмета́тьpodmetátʹ, подмести́podmestí, мести́mestí

    sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

  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.

Examples

125 sentences

  1. What is a broom?

    Що таке "мітла"? — deniko

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I can't find the broom.

    Я не можу знайти мітлу. — deniko

    ruЯ не могу найти метлу. — odexed

    deIch finde den Besen nicht. — Yorwba

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Tom handed Mary a broom.

    Том передав Мері мітлу. — deniko

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. I need a broom.

    Мені потрібна мітла. — deniko

    ruМне нужен веник. — Selena777

    deIch brauche einen Besen. — Luiaard

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · mailohilohi · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. I need to borrow this broom.

    ruМне нужно взять на время этот веник. — odexed

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to sweep:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West G

Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

brooms, brooming, broomed, broomed
Base formbroom · to broom
3rd person singularbrooms
Present participlebrooming
Past simplebroomed
Past participlebroomed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybroom
he, she, itbrooms

Past simpleLesson

all personsbroomed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave broomed
he, she, ithas broomed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill broom

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sweep with a broom or as if with a broom:sweep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
broodC2brookbroomstickbrothbrothel
broom — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto