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silhig [sil.hig.] : broom (n.); broomstick (n.)

Derivatives of silhig


Glosses:
broom
n. (artifact)1. brooma cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle.
~ besoma broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
~ broom handle, broomstickthe handle of a broom.
~ cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implementany of a large class of implements used for cleaning.
~ push brooma wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper.
~ whisk broom, whiska small short-handled broom used to brush clothes.
n. (plant)2. broomany of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers.
~ papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideaealternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae.
~ weeping tree broomsmall shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two-seeded pods.
~ cytisus albus, cytisus multiflorus, white broom, white spanish broomlow European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers.
~ common broom, cytisus scoparius, green broom, scotch broomdeciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers.
~ broom tree, genista anglica, needle furze, petty whinprickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe.
~ genista hispanica, spanish gorse, spanish broomerect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers.
~ dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen, whinsmall Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
~ spanish broom, spartium junceum, weaver's broomtall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California.
~ bush, shruba low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems.
n. (plant)3. broom, calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, scots heathercommon Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere.
~ heatha low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers.
~ calluna, genus callunaone species.
v. (contact)4. broom, sweepsweep with a broom or as if with a broom.; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
~ wipe, pass overrub with a circular motion.; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"
~ sweepclean by sweeping.; "Please sweep the floor"
v. (contact)5. broomfinish with a broom.
~ finishprovide with a finish.; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"
broomstick
n. (artifact)1. broom handle, broomstickthe handle of a broom.
~ brooma cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle.
~ handgrip, handle, grip, holdthe appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"