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1.verbTo clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
2.nounA domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
3.nounAn implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
4.nounAny of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
5.nounA gun, because it is more or less long, held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front.
6.verbTo sweep with a broom.
7.verb(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.