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BRACHIATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does brachiate mean?

• BRACHIATE (adjective)
The adjective BRACHIATE has 2 senses:

1. having widely spreading paired branches
2. having arms or armlike appendages

Familiarity information: BRACHIATE used as an adjective is rare.

• BRACHIATE (verb)
The verb BRACHIATE has 1 sense:

1. swing from one hold to the next

Familiarity information: BRACHIATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BRACHIATE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having widely spreading paired branches

Context example:

maples are brachiate

Similar:

branchy (having many branches)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having arms or armlike appendages

Similar:

armed (having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

• BRACHIATE (verb)

Sense 1

brachiate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Swing from one hold to the next

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the monkeys brachiate

Hypernyms (to "brachiate" is one way to...):

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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BRACHIATE: related words searches

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