Luxembourgish

Noun

Brach f ‎(uncountable)

1. curdled milk, sour milk

English

Noun

brach ‎(plural brachs or braches)

1. (archaic) A hound, especially a female hound used for hunting.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vi:

     Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim, / Hound or spaniel, brach or him.

   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB 2001, vol.1 p.331:

     A sow-pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown, “would miraculously hunt all manner of deer, and that as well, or rather better than any ordinary hound.”

2. (archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman.

Synonyms

• bitch

See also

• brachet

Anagrams

• B.Arch.

Czech

Noun

brach m

1. (colloquial) bro
2. (colloquial) guy

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀaːx/

Verb

brach

1. First-person singular preterite of brechen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of brechen.

Adjective

brach ‎(not comparable)

1. fallow

Declension