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varrer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • broom noun A cleaning tool with bristles on a long handle, used for sweeping floors.
  • rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  • scan verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.
  • sweep verb To clean a surface by brushing dirt or debris away, usually with a broom.

Senses

varrer is used for these senses in English:

  • broom (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
  • rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
  • scan (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]
  • sweep (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

broom — full definition

  1. noun A cleaning tool with bristles on a long handle, used for sweeping floors.
  2. noun A shrub with small leaves and yellow flowers, from the pea family.
  3. verb To sweep with a broom.

rake — full definition

  1. noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  2. verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
  3. verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
  4. noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
  5. noun A man who lives a reckless, self-indulgent, and often promiscuous lifestyle.

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