All branching synonyms
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B b verb branching
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- couple β If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- attach β If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- subtend β Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
- fork β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- divagate β to wander; stray.
- spread β to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- digress β to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- ramble β to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- wander β to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- rend β to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- dissociate β to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- disunite β to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- dismember β to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
- sever β to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- disengage β to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
- segment β one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- section β a part that is cut off or separated.
- sunder β to separate; part; divide; sever.
- shear β to cut (something).
- dissever β to sever; separate.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- intersect β to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- disentangle β Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- disjoin β to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- unbind β to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- undo β to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- rupture β the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- demarcate β If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- cleave β To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- quarter β crumb
- bisect β If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
- halve β to divide into two equal parts.
- dissect β to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- chop β If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
- divorce β a divorced man.
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.