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verb
[with object]1Raise (a difficult subject) for discussion.
‘he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening’- ‘Colonel Everson broached the difficult subject with the wizard.’
- ‘But, perhaps with a few revisions, Pacamambo could become one of those unflinching stories that teachers and parents can rely on to broach difficult subjects.’
- ‘It was difficult to broach the subject of empowerment or rehabilitation.’
- ‘The new facility simulates a clinical environment, and is equipped with CCTV to enable tutors and peers to watch trainees and old-hands alike broaching difficult topics with patient actors.’
- ‘Led by Sweden, these states began to broach the question of membership of the EC.’
- ‘Before about 1830, temperance sermons, tracts and addresses routinely broached female intemperance.’
- ‘The angst of the past 18 months was finally over, but there was still one small matter to broach - breaking it all to hubby who, at this point, knew nothing about the project.’
- ‘The New Zealand Merino Company represents 70 per cent of fine wool growers, and last month broached the idea of selling its wool in Melbourne.’
- ‘These issues are not being broached in open political appeals to the American people, who have never been consulted in any serious way and are largely unaware of the active consideration of a second or expanded war.’
- ‘Tolkachev appeared highly interested in this subject, once it had been broached.’
- ‘Here in the United States, for many months it was considered anti-social if not unpatriotic to even broach one's disagreement with the administration during these troubled times.’
- ‘I had first met Marcel Ospel two months earlier, when he broached the idea of closer cooperation between UBS and PaineWebber.’
- ‘But some of the medical issues broached here suggest that the paintings had consequences for their maker's health, too.’
- ‘‘I still don't understand it,’ Andy finally broached.’
- ‘I happen to agree with Rumsfeld, but I'm disappointed in the howitzer's defenders, and I'm disturbed because so few analysts have broached what this fight is really all about.’
- ‘First, government is constantly making adjustments that harm some people but benefit society at large, yet no claim to compensation is recognized or even broached.’
- ‘When an effort to update the system was first broached, business groups supported it - until, they say, local governments used it as a pretext to raise levies.’
- ‘Third, Lincoln had never given up the idea, which he had first broached in 1855, of voluntary and compensated emancipation.’
- ‘‘I would like to talk to you again sometimes,’ she broached hesitantly.’
- ‘And it isn't because the contracts were too sensitive to broach in public: selected portions were used even where the documents were redacted or remained under seal.’
bring up, raise, introduce, talk about, mention, touch on, open, embark on, enter on, air, ventilateView synonyms2Pierce (a cask) to draw out liquid.
‘he watched a pot boy broach a new cask’- ‘No barrel was broached at this year's Oktoberfest, since host Ina couldn't find the hammer.’
- ‘Only St-Joseph and that paler shadow Crozes-Hermitage can sensibly be broached within their first five years.’
- ‘Pattaya Mail's Peter Malhotra broached the ceremonial keg while muttering the immortal words ‘Ozapft is’ (the keg is tapped).’
- ‘Some reports claim that the hatches to the cargo were broken open and the casks of alcohol broached.’
- 2.1Open and start using the contents of (a bottle or other container)‘boxed wines will remain in good condition for up to four months once broached’
- ‘I hope they broach their bottles, because the whisky, with its honey and praline richness, deserves it.’
- ‘Hesitated before the bathroom mirror and then, feeling slightly ridiculous, broached a bottle of cologne-for-men which Susan had given for the previous Christmas.’
- ‘With the directors of the hospital surrounding him, plus the mayor of Pattaya, Pairat Suthithamrongsawat, the ceremonial bottle of bubbly was broached on the dais and the award acknowledged in fine style.’
- ‘Prospects perked up when I broached the first of my rapidly warming cans and heard loud singing from what looked like a pub but which turned out to be Sunday service at the Salvation Army.’
3no object (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface.
‘the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water’- ‘A dozen of us watch five sperm whales broach, and then hyperventilate like marathoners on the starting line, filling every air-bearing cell with oxygen.’
- ‘He's seen whales broach within yards of his kayak.’
- ‘Outsiders think we locals are jaded by the natural wonder of this place but the truth is, when a whale broaches, we glare like tourists.’
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verb
[with object](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’- ‘As one big sea washed us too far around back into the wind, with that weight of sail above, we broached.’
- ‘After dark, however, the wind rose, and I spent a hairy night giving all my attention to the helm to keep the boat from broaching and turning dangerously crosswise to the rising seas.’
- ‘Yes, but I don't want us to broach to and go over if the wind shifts.’
- ‘About 7 o'clock heavy seas swept over her and she broached, then sank by the stern.’
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’- ‘The boat commenced surfing down the face of each new wave, at high speed, and I had to steer the boat aggressively to prevent a broach.’
- ‘If this can be offset by rudder action the boat will remain on course, otherwise sail adjustment is necessary to prevent a broach.’
- ‘The rudder sits in the outflow of the keel and is called upon to provide lift at very small angles of attack and not stall when required to prevent a broach.’
Origin
Early 18th century of unknown origin.
