MEANING
1. To raise a subject for discussion.
2. To pierce or open something, especially a cask for access to its contents.
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Words that belong together
- broach a subject
On the page
She broached the subject after dinner.
He would not broach the missing letter.
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Word forms
- Base
- broach
- Past tense
- broached
- Past participle
- broached
- Present participle
- broaching
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- broach
- Present continuous
- am/is/are broaching
- Present perfect
- have/has broached
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been broaching
- Past
- broached
- Past continuous
- was/were broaching
- Past perfect
- had broached
- Past perfect continuous
- had been broaching
- Future
- will broach
- Future continuous
- will be broaching
- Future perfect
- will have broached
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been broaching
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: broach; broaches; broached; broached; broaching Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: broaches.
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