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Adjective branched has 2 senses
- bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, forficate, pronged, prongy - 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"
Antonym: united (indirect, via divided)
- branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate - having branches
Antonym: branchless (indirect, via branchy)
Verb branch has 2 senses
- ramify, branch - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
--1 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
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- branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
--2 is one way to diverge
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