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🦧 To swing by arms 🌿 Having branches
to brachiate

to brachiate

1 9.9
To move by swinging from one branch or bar to another using the arms
  • verb
  • /ˈbreɪkiˌeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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.