doorboren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- broach verb To bring up a sensitive or difficult topic for discussion.
- hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
- impale verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
- launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
Senses
doorboren is used for these senses in English:
- broach (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
- hole (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
- impale (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- launch (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- launch (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
broach — full definition
- verb To bring up a sensitive or difficult topic for discussion.
- verb To pierce or tap something, especially a cask, in order to draw out liquid.
hole — full definition
- noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
- noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
- noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.