| Broach 1. (v.) To mention for the first time, as to broach a subject. 2. (n.) A spit. 2. (n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. 3. (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift. 4. (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting. 5. (n.) A spire rising from a tower. 6. (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch. 7. (n.) A spit like start, on the head of a young stag. 8. (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. 9. (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key. 10. (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit. 11. (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. 12. (n.) To open for the first time, as stores. 13. (n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. 14. (n.) To cause to begin or break out. 15. (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. 16. (v.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. Thesaurus Entries advance, air, auger, bite, bleed, blue, bore, bring before, bring forward, bring in, bring up, chink, christen, cleave, clip, commend to attention, countersink, crack, crevasse, cut, cut open, decant, dispart, display, divaricate, divide, divulge, draft, draft off, drain, draw, draw from, draw off, drill, empierce, empty, establish, exhaust, expansive, extended, fissure, fix, float, fly open, found, give out, gore, gouge, gouge out, hint at, hole, honeycomb, impale, inaugurate, incise, induct, initiate, install, institute, interject, interpose, introduce, lance, launch, lay before, lay open, let, let blood, let out, lift up, make a motion, make known, make public, mention, milk, moot, move, needle, off-color, offer a resolution, ope, open, open up, part, penetrate, perforate, phlebotomize, pierce, pin, pink, pipette, pose, postulate, prefer, prick, propose, proposition, propound, pump, pump out, punch, puncture, purple, put forth, put forward, put it to, put out, racy, raise, ream, ream out, recommend, rent, riddle, rift, ring in, rip, risque, rive, run through, salty, scopic, separate, set agoing, set before, set forth, set on foot, set up, shady, siphon off, skewer, slit, spear, spicy, spike, spit, split, spread, spread out, spring open, stab, start, start going, start up, stick, submit, suck, suck out, suggest, suggestive, swing open, talk about, tap, tear, tear open, throw open, touch on, touch upon, transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, turn on, usher in, venesect, ventilate, wicked, wide |