3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: branched \branched\ adj. 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}, a.. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Branching}.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. [1913 Webster] 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: branched adj 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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