Word: broach
Category: broach
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Synonyms: broach
eyeglass
Translations: broach
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spanish
Translations:
broche, asador
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german
Translations:
räumnadel, brosche
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french
Translations:
toucher, broche, rencontrer, forer, entamer
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italian
Translations:
spilla, spiedo
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dutch
Translations:
aanboren, broche
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russian
Translations:
развертка, вертел, рожон, обтесывать, брошка, почать, брошь
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norwegian
Translations:
brosje
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finnish
Translations:
avartaa, rintakoru, varras, pora
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danish
Translations:
broche
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czech
Translations:
brož, načít
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polish
Translations:
przedziurawiać, poruszać, szydło, rożen, napoczynać, nadbierać, przedstawić, przeciągacz, obrócić, otworzyć, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
dörzsár, gyökérfúró, toronycsúcs
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turkish
Translations:
broş
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ukrainian
Translations:
обтісувати, вертел, вертів, рожен
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croatian
Translations:
šilo, šiljak
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lithuanian
Translations:
sagė
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latvian
Translations:
piespraude, sakta
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romanian
Translations:
broşă
The meaning and "use of": broach
noun
- a sudden and hazardous veering or pitching of a ship. - 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 .
- raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion. - he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening
- pierce (a cask) to draw liquor. - No barrel was broached at this year's Oktoberfest, since host Ina couldn't find the hammer.
- (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface. - the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water
- (of a ship with the wind on the quarter) veer and pitch forward because of bad steering or a sea hitting the stern, causing it to present a side to the wind and sea, lose steerage, and possibly suffer serious damage. - we had broached badly, side on to the wind and sea
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