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Broach

//bɹoʊt͡ʃ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of Bharuch. alt-of, obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
  2. 2
    a decorative pin worn by women wordnet
  3. 3
    A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
  4. 4
    Alternative spelling of brooch. alt-of, alternative

    "Mr. S. had a large straw hat, and striped jacket and trousers, and his shirt fastened at the throat by a broach with Carry's hair, for he was always quite above wearing a neckcloth."

  5. 5
    A spit for cooking food.

    "He turned a broach that had worn a crown."

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  1. 6
    An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

    "It [the straw] is laid on to a considerable thickness and firmly secured by ropes or twisted straw, and pinned down by sharpened sticks called 'broaches'"

  2. 7
    A spire rising from a tower. UK, dialectal
  3. 8
    A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
  4. 9
    The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
  5. 10
    The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid. transitive

    "How often has the broached barrel proved not to be for joy and heart effusion, but for duel and head-breakage."

  2. 2
    To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves. intransitive

    "The small boat broached and nearly sank, because of the large waves."

  3. 3
    bring up a topic for discussion wordnet
  4. 4
    To open, to make an opening into; to pierce. transitive

    "French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line."

  5. 5
    To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative). transitive

    "18th C, Thomas Dibdin, Tom Bowling Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling ... for death hath broached him to."

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  1. 6
    To begin discussion about (something). figuratively, transitive

    "I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity."

  2. 7
    To break the surface of the water. intransitive

    "The Politovskiy soared through the surface of the Atlantic like a broaching whale, coming three quarters of her length out of the water before crashing back."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Scottish Gaelic bròg). Doublet of brochure.

Etymology 2

From Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Scottish Gaelic bròg). Doublet of brochure.

Etymology 3

From Gujarati ભરૂચ (bharūc).

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