branch off

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic, intransitive, of a path or route) To diverge into two or more separate paths.

To separate from a main path or route.

(of a conversation) To divert from the main topic of conversation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

branch-off

Synonyms

fork branched diverge forked branch out forking ramify spread-eagle bifurcate dichotomize furcate fan out divaricate dimidiate hemisect
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Antonyms

adapt comply conform bracket enclose

Examples

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off. William Irwin Thompson

My dad actually taught me how to play piano. I was classically trained, but I've started to branch off a little bit into blues and jazz. That's my new thing. Noah Gray-Cabey

An example of this is Google because users go into this website with a certain mindset of what they want to search for, and they get a certain result as they branch off and end at another website. Source: Internet

By this scenario, Blackfoot was the first language to branch off, which coincides well with its being the most divergent language of Algonquian. Source: Internet

Conidiophores may simply branch off from the mycelia or they may be formed in fruiting bodies. Source: Internet

During pre-game, they branch off from the rest of the band. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

branch of the humanities branch of the olive branch of the olive tree branch office branch office bureau branch out