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brachiate

/ˈbreɪ.ki.ət/

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adjective

/ˈbreɪ.ki.ət/formalscientificobsolete
  • ruУстаревшее прилагательное, означающее имеющий руки или ветви; также используется в биологии для описания организмов, передвигающихся перебрасыванием с ветки на ветку (брахиация).

An obsolete adjective meaning having arms or branches; also used in biology to describe organisms that move by swinging from branch to branch (brachiation).

  1. Having widely spreading paired branchesC2formal

    Describes a plant or tree that has branches arranged in pairs that spread out widely.

    ruШироко раскидистый

    • The brachiate oak dominated the forest clearing.
    • Botanists studied the brachiate structure of the ancient tree.
    • The garden featured a brachiate shrub with symmetrical limbs.
  2. Having arms or armlike appendagesC2formal

    Describes an organism that possesses arms or structures resembling arms.

    ruИмеющий руки или рукоподобные придатки

    • The brachiate starfish extended its limbs across the rock.
    • Certain brachiate fossils show evidence of long, armlike extensions.
    • The creature was described as brachiate due to its multiple grasping appendages.

    Synonymsarmed

Forms
  • more brachiate comparative form
  • most brachiate superlative form

verb

/ˈbreɪ.ki.eɪt/C2formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для описания передвижения путём перехватывания руками с одной опоры на другую, как это делают некоторые приматы.

A verb used to describe the act of moving by swinging from one handhold to another, as certain primates do.

  1. Swing from one hold to the nextC2formal

    To move by swinging from one armhold to another, as certain primates do.

    ruПередвигаться перехватом рук

    • Gibbons brachiate through the forest canopy with remarkable speed.
    • The monkey brachiated from branch to branch effortlessly.
    • Some primates are specially adapted to brachiate for long distances.
Forms
  • brachiated past participle
  • brachiated past simple
  • brachiating present participle
  • brachiates third person singular