🦧 To swing by arms 🌿 Having branches

to brachiate

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To move by swinging from one branch or bar to another using the arms

verb
/ˈbreɪkiˌeɪt/

Specialized

: brachiar

The gibbon brachiated gracefully from one branch to another in the rainforest.

And red pandas use their false thumbs to brachiate to move move through the trees.

Examples

And red pandas use their false thumbs to brachiate to move move through the trees.

Kyle Hill
As the monkey brachiated through the trees, it expertly swung its long arms.
The agile primate brachiated high above the ground, swinging between the thick branches.

Surface Forms

brachiate infinitive

brachiated past

brachiated past participle

brachiating present participle

brachiates third person singular

Morphology

brachiate = brachi- (opaque) = brachi + ate

The verb is formed with the technical combining form 'brachi-' plus '-ate', which is specialized morphology unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Brachiate comes from the root brachi- meaning 'arm', so it means 'to move by using your arms', as when gibbons swing from branch to branch through the trees.