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Brachiate

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Verb

1. brachiate

swing from one hold to the next

Example Sentences:
'the monkeys brachiate'

Adjective

2. brachiate

having widely spreading paired branches

Example Sentences:
'maples are brachiate'

3. brachiate

having arms or armlike appendages

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Brachiate

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adjective (ˈbreɪkɪɪt , -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk- )
1. botany
having widely divergent paired branches
verb (ˈbreɪkɪˌeɪt , ˈbræk- )
2. (intransitive)
(of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next

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Brachiate

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adjective
1. 
having widely spreading branches, alternately arranged
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbrachiˌated or ˈbrachiˌating
2. 
to swing arm over arm from one hold to the next, as certain apes and monkeys do

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Brachiate

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adj.
Zoology
Having arms or armlike appendages.
intr.v. (-āt) bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates
To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do.

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