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"A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here."
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"A spit for cooking food."
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"ref": "1840, “Cottages - Thatching”, in The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge",
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"To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid."
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"word": "aantappen (van een vat)"
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"word": "lävistää"
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"word": "espichar"
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"sense": "make a hole in",
"word": "anzapfen"
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"sense": "make a hole in",
"word": "csapra ver"
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"word": "felnyit"
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"To open, to make an opening into; to pierce."
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"(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce."
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"text": "I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.",
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"ref": "1964 December, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 429",
"text": "THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s.\nMr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was \"incredulous\" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's Evening Star was broached to him.",
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"To begin discussion about (something)."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something)."
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"word": "nakousnout"
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"sense": "begin discussion about",
"word": "ter sprake brengen"
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"sense": "begin discussion about",
"word": "aansnijden"
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"word": "avata keskustelu"
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"word": "aborder"
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"sense": "begin discussion about",
"word": "ansprechen"
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"sense": "begin discussion about",
"word": "aufbringen"
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"sense": "begin discussion about",
"word": "szóba hoz"
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"word": "felhoz"
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"word": "megemlít"
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"word": "megpendít"
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"word": "sacar a colación"
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"text": "The small boat broached and nearly sank, because of the large waves.",
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"text": "18th C, Thomas Dibdin, Tom Bowling\nHere a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling ... for death hath broached him to."
},
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"text": "Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.",
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"To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative)."
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"(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative)."
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"roman": "obrǎštam se napreko na vǎlnite",
"sense": "to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "обръщам се напреко на вълните"
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"sense": "to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "kapseizen"
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"sense": "to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "broutsata"
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"sense": "to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "rara"
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"word": "обръщам напреко на вълните"
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"word": "broutsata"
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "rara"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎštam napreko na vǎlnite",
"sense": "to cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "обръщам напреко на вълните"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "kapseizen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "broutsata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves",
"word": "rara"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Broach"
],
"word": "broach"
}
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