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Brachiate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Brachiate has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

swing from one hold to the next

"the monkeys brachiate"

2

To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.

Adjective
1

having widely spreading paired branches

"maples are brachiate"

2

having arms or armlike appendages

3

Having decussate branches.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
swing
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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