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brachiate

/'br/eI/k/I/,/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. having widely spreading paired branches

    adj.all

    Examples
    Maples are brachiate.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. having arms or armlike appendages

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. swing from one hold to the next

    verb.motion

    Examples
    The monkeys brachiate.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

brachiabrachialbrachial arterybrachial plexusbrachial veinbrachiatabrachiationbrachinusbrachiocephalic veinbrachioganoidbrachioganoideibrachiolaria

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