branched : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: branched	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for branched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
branched adj resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" Synonym(s): bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy having branches Synonym(s): branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Branching}.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. {To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge. {To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc. To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.