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brachiate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'brachiate' (Webster Dictionary)

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

Meaning of 'brachiate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . brachiate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- swing from one hold to the next
Example in sentence:
  • the monkeys brachiate
2 . brachiate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- having widely spreading paired branches
Example in sentence:
  • maples are brachiate