VERB | motion | brachiate | swing from one hold to the next |
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ADJECTIVE | all | brachiate | having widely spreading paired branches |
all | brachiate | having arms or armlike appendages |
Meaning | Having widely spreading paired branches. | |
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Example | "maples are brachiate" | |
Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
Broader | branchy | Having many branches |
Spanish | braquiado |
Meaning | Having arms or armlike appendages. | |
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Category | zoology, zoological science | The branch of biology that studies animals |
Broader | armed | Having arms or arms as specified |
Spanish | braquiado | |
Catalan | braquiat |
Meaning | swing from one hold to the next. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "the monkeys brachiate" | |
Broader | swing, sway | Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner |
Nouns | brachiation | swinging by the arms from branch to branch |
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