BROACH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A decorative pin worn by women

Synonyms:

breastpin; broach; brooch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broach" is a kind of...):

pin (a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broach"):

sunburst (a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun)

Present simple: I / you / we / they broach ... he / she / it broaches

Past simple: broached

Past participle: broached

-ing form: broaching

Meaning:

Bring up a topic for discussion

Synonyms:

broach; initiate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "broach" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broach"):

address; cover; deal; handle; plow; treat (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something