1. • noun - a decorative pin worn by women
   • verb - bring up a topic for discussion
2. • To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
   • To announce: We broached our plans for the new year.
   • To pierce in order to draw off liquid: broach a keg of beer.
   • To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
   • To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.
   • A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.
   • The hole made by such a tool.
   • A spit for roasting meat.
   • A mason’s narrow chisel.
   • A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to bring forward a point, topic, or question for consideration or discussion”: didn’t know how to broach the subject tactfully; introduce a tax bill before the legislature; an idea that was approved when it was first mooted before the committee; raised the problem of dropouts with the faculty.
3. • v - to pierce so as to withdraw a liquid

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