BRACHIATE Definition & Meaning

brachiate

[ adjective brey-kee-it, -eyt, brak-ee-; verb brey-kee-eyt, brak-ee- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
Zoology. having arms.

verb (used without object)

brachiated, brachiating.

to progress by means of brachiation.

brachiate

adjective

botany having widely divergent paired branches

verb

intr (of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next

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Derived Forms

ˌ��ˈ��پ��ǲ�, noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brachiate¹

First recorded in 1825–35, brachiate is from the Latin word ��峦��ٳܲ� with branches like arms. See brachi-, -ate ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brachiate¹

C19: from Latin ��ٳܲ� with armlike branches

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I never did find another pair of striped jeans, but I found plenty of other stuff during my brachiating ramble through the store.

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While preparing for the role, he began a daily regime of working with the arm extensions he uses in the films and spent “a lot of time quadrupedding, climbing around, brachiating.”

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While preparing for the role, he began a daily regime of working with the arm extensions he uses in the films, and spent “a lot of time quadrupedding, climbing around, brachiating.”

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The dam marks the beginning of the final and most complex stage of the transformation of the Colorado River from a natural stream into a dispersed and brachiating resource-distribution system.

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Each tree represents endlessly brachiating possibilities, and those vast roots are sprawling quietly on either side of the California highway system.

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