branch out

branch out

English

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Verb

branch out (third-person singular simple present branches out, present participle branching out, simple past and past participle branched out)

1. (intransitive) To expand in the manner of branches.

   The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.

   Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian.

   • 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, ISSN 1054-4836, page 152:

     Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.

Synonyms

• tillow

Translations

expand in the manner of branches

Azerbaijani: şaxələnmək Russian: ветви́ться (ru) (vetvítʹsja), разветвля̀ться (ru) (razvetvljàtʹsja), разветви́ться (ru) (razvetvítʹsja) Swedish: förgrena sig Ukrainian: розгалу́жуватися impf (rozhalúžuvatysja), розгалу́зитися pf (rozhalúzytysja)

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