Antonyms for branched


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : branch, brahnch
Phonetic Transcription : bræntʃ, brɑntʃ


Definition of branched

Origin :
  • c.1300, braunch, "limb of a tree" (also used of things analogous to it, especially geographic features), from Old French branche "branch, bough, twig; branch of a family" (12c.), from Late Latin branca "footprint," later "a claw, paw," of unknown origin, probably from Gaulish. The connecting notion would be the shape (cf. pedigree). Replaced native bough. Meaning "local office of a business" is first recorded 1817, from earlier sense of "component part of a system" (1690s).
  • As in radial : adj branching
  • As in divided : adj detached
  • As in forked : adj going separate ways
  • As in split : verb break up, pull apart
  • As in bridge : verb connect, extend
  • As in bifurcate : verb divide into two branches
  • As in diverge : verb go in different directions
  • As in divide : verb separate, disconnect
Example sentences :
  • The pole was about thirty feet high, and the top was branched like a pitchfork.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott
  • At last we branched off into what I guess was a sort of bridle path.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
  • "Maybe we've branched off, on to another trail," persisted Van.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • He was with us when we were at your place, and when we rode away he branched off.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
  • The two friends talked for some time about this episode, and then branched off into other subjects.
  • Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
  • In fact, they met with several roads which branched off from the one in which they were walking.
  • Extract from : « Forests of Maine » by Jacob S. Abbott
  • Then I turned to the easterly tunnel, and pursued it till it branched.
  • Extract from : « Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers » by John Burroughs
  • Henrietta could not remember, and branched off to something else.
  • Extract from : « The Third Miss Symons » by Flora Macdonald Mayor
  • For branched inflorescence of orchids, see 'Reichenbach Proc.
  • Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters
  • This they followed for some distance, until they reached a spot where it branched into two.
  • Extract from : « A Chinese Command » by Harry Collingwood

Synonyms for branched

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