Anastomosing
//əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ// adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of anastomose form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary."
Adjective
- 1 Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins. not-comparable
"It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures."
- 2 Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore. not-comparable
Synonyms
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More examples"Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary."
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