Entry Word: broach

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below <the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight>

Synonyms surface

Related Words break, emerge, rise

Near Antonyms dive, drop, founder, plunge, sink, submerge, submerse

2 to present or bring forward for discussion <broached the topic of plans for next yearʼs parade> — see introduce 2