brachiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

verb

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

/ˈbɹækɪət/ /ˈbɹækɪeɪt/

brachiate more brachiate most brachiate brachiates brachiating brachiated

Borrowed from Latin brachiātus, from brachium (“arm, branch”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

cross-armed

octobrachiate nonbrachiating

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