3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Branch \Branch\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Branching}.]
1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
to ramify.
2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
{To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part; to
diverge.
{To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
branched \branched\ adjective
1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
as, long branched hairs on its legs, on which pollen
collects.
Syn: bifurcate, biramous, forked, pronged, prongy.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. same as {branching}, adjective.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
branched
adjective
1: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
"the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long
branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";
"a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning";
"horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy
roots" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {forked}, {forficate},
{pronged}, {prongy}]
2: having branches [syn: {branching}, {ramose}, {ramous}, {ramate}]
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