Hypertext Webster Gateway: "branched"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

branched
adj 1: 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" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {forked}, {pronged},
{prongy}]
2: having branches [syn: {branching}, {ramose}, {ramous}, {ramate}]


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