arborize

An obsolete verb meaning to form or grow into a tree-like shape or structure; to branch out like a tree.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant former ou croître en une forme ou structure arborescente ; se ramifier comme un arbre.

1. Branch out like trees C2 formal

   To form or spread into a branching pattern resembling the limbs of a tree.

   • The river delta arborizes across the plain.
   • The neurons arborize extensively to connect with other cells.
   • The veins on the leaf arborize in a complex network.

   🇫🇷S'arboriser

   Synonymes: branchramify

   Antonymes: centralizecoalesceconcentrateconvergeunite

• arborized past participle
• arborized past simple
• arborizing present participle
• arborizes third person singular