Broach, v. a.
- 1. Pierce, tap, set running, open (for the first time).
- 2. Open (a subject), suggest, hint, approach one on, break.
- 3. Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.
Broached, a. Tapped, abroach, on tap.
Broad, a.
- 1. Wide.
- 2. Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast, wide-reaching, spacious, capacious.
- 3. Liberal, uncontracted, large, large-minded, enlarged, hospitable, tolerant, free from narrowness.
- 4. Spread, diffused, open.
- 5. Gross, indelicate, vulgar, indecent, unrefined, coarse.
Broaden, v. a. Widen, make broad, enlarge, liberalize.
Broadside, n.
- 1. Cannonade (from all the guns on the side of a ship).
- 2. Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill.
Brochure, n. [Fr.] Pamphlet.
Brock, n. Badger, bawson, bawsin.
Broil, n. Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud. See brawl.
Broken, a.
- 1. Shattered, shivered, rent, severed, separated.
- 2. Weakened, impaired, feeble, enfeebled, shattered, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted.
- 3. Imperfect, defective, hesitating, stammering, halting, stumbling.