vverb.changegrow and send out branches or branch-like structuresSynset:branch ramify
Examples:- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
Derivationally Related Form:ramification
Hypernyms:grow
Inherited Hypernyms:ramifygrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedivide into two or more branches so as to form a forkSynset:branch fork furcate ramify separate
Derivationally Related Form:forkramificationbranchforkingfurcation
Hypernyms:diverge
Inherited Hypernyms:branchdivergemove
Direct Hyponyms:arborisearborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Full Troponyms:arborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allresembling a fork; divided or separated into two branchesSynset:bifurcate biramous forficate fork-like forked pronged prongy
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:united
Derivationally Related Form:prong
Inherited Hypernyms:bifurcate
Similar to:divided
adj satadj.allhaving branchesSynset:branching ramate ramose ramous
Antonyms:branchless
Inherited Hypernyms:branched
Similar to:branchy