Dictionary

branch out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To expand in the manner of branches.
   • The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.
   • Here's the briefest history of rail freight. The railways are conceived for moving coal. They do well at that and immediately branch out into other freight. They do quite well at that, too - after all, compared with a horse and cart, they are a revelation. 2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:
   • 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. 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152:
   • Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian.
3. (obsolete) To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.

Forms

Synonyms

tillow

Translations (11)

uk розгалу́зитися (expand in the manner of branches) · sv förgrena sig (expand in the manner of branches) · tr budaklanmak (expand in the manner of branches) · ru разветвля̀ться (expand in the manner of branches) · az şaxələnmək (expand in the manner of branches) · ota بوعلنمك (expand in the manner of branches) · de verästeln (expand in the manner of branches) · ota بوداقلانمق (expand in the manner of branches) · ru ветви́ться (expand in the manner of branches) · uk розгалу́жуватися (expand in the manner of branches) · ru разветви́ться (expand in the manner of branches)