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Word: Broach
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. The earliest recorded sense was ‘prick with spurs’, generally ‘pierce’, which gave rise (late Middle English) to broach (sense 2). broach (sense 1), a figurative use of this, dates from the late 16th century
brəʊtʃ
raise (a difficult subject) for discussion
Short Definition:raise difficult subject for discussion
Examples:- he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening
pierce (a cask) to draw out liquid
Short Definition:pierce cask to draw liquor
Examples:- he watched a pot boy broach a new cask
(of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface
Short Definition:(of fish) break through surface
Examples:- the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water
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