broach
verb
[ brəʊtʃ ]
• raise (a difficult subject) for discussion.
• "he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening"
Similar:
bring up,
raise,
introduce,
talk about,
mention,
touch on,
open,
embark on,
enter on,
air,
ventilate,
put forward,
propound,
propose,
suggest,
submit,
• pierce (a cask) to draw out liquid.
• "he watched a pot boy broach a new cask"
• (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface.
• "the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water"
Origin:
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 broach1 (sense 2). broach1 (sense 1), a figurative use of this, dates from the late 16th century.
broach
verb
• (of a ship) veer and pitch forward, presenting a side to the wind and waves and losing steerage control.
• "we had broached badly, side on to the wind and sea"
broach
noun
• a sudden and unwelcome veering of a ship that causes it to broach.
• "the helmsman was forced to use the engines in conjunction with the wheel to prevent a broach"
Origin:
early 18th century: of unknown origin.
