broaching
present participle ofbroach
broach
verb[T]
uk/brəʊtʃ/us/broʊtʃ/broachverb[T](BEGIN)
tobeginadiscussionof somethingdifficult:
At somepointwe've got todiscussmoneybut I don'tknowhow to broach thesubjectwith him.
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- float
- parley
- polarized
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- sophistry
broachverb[T](OPEN)
formal
toopenabottleorbarrelinordertodrinkitscontents:
Shall we broach anothercaskofwine?
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- gape
- let/setsomethinglooseidiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosenyourgripidiom
- shut(someone)up
- steam
- tease
- teasesomethingout
- the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unfold
- unlace
- unlock
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
- unzip
Examplesofbroaching
broaching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Onbroachingthis subject we are immediately confronted by a contradiction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Beforebroachingthese issues we must clarify several points about our argument and, consequently, the relevance of various genres of evidence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The chapters are clearly written and accessible, and offer an excellent introduction to students, practitioners, or academicsbroachinga topic for the first time.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The parties refrained frombroachingthe subject in the text, despite the ability of individuals to put forth moderate, albeit divergent, views on the topic.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The participants who had undertaken this training appeared to be more confident inbroachingthe subject and in providing support, including referral to specialist services.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Broachingthe topic of self-regulation, we outline neurocognitive data supplementing the notion that voluntariness is perhaps more post hoc ascriptions than bona fide introspection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this way he avoidedbroachingthe subject of a lapse in the line of lineage, even though it only lasted for a period of ten years or so.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore, it seems to me thatbroachingthis issue with these countries is difficult and dangerous.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This road does not have to obstructed bybroachingpolitical decisions or particular issues, such as last chapters.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have a variety of lettersbroachingupon, this subject.
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The first is nuclear: just the word, merelybroachingthe subject, frightens us.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I would accept the idea of including some contrary measures in a regulation of this kind, but one should, in my view, avoidbroachingthis.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Here, thebroachingproblem was resolved by beaching stern first.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Broachingalways causes uncomfortable motion, and in a storm, the breaking waves can destroy a lightly built boat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Horizontalbroachingmachines are designed for pullbroaching, surfacebroaching, continuousbroaching, and rotarybroaching.
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- SCART
- scarves
- scary
- scary thing
- scat
- scathe
- scathing
- scathing criticism
- scathingly
- scathing review
- scatological
- scatter
- scatter advertising
- scatter-advertising
- scatterbrain
- scatterbrained
- scatter cushion
- scatter-cushion
- scatter diagram
- scatter-diagram
- scattered
- scattered debris
- scattered electrons
- scattered fragments
- scattered light