noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A process of forming a branch.
2. 2
   the act of branching out or dividing into branches wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of branch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling the branches of a tree wordnet
2. 2
   having branches wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

branchedarborealarborescencearborescentarboriformarborization

Example

More examples

"Branching out to other people is one of the hardest things for some of his patients to do."

Related phrases

branching processbranching ratio

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