1. n. A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
2. n. (curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
3. n. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and , with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
4. v. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
5. v. (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.
6. v. (nautical) alternative form of breames (to clean a ship's bottom)
