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RAMIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ramified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Example:

The road forks

Synonyms:

branch; fork; furcate; ramify; separate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ramify" is one way to...):

diverge (move or draw apart)

Verb group:

branch; ramify (grow and send out branches or branch-like structures)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ramify"):

arborise; arborize (branch out like trees)

twig (branch out in a twiglike manner)

bifurcate (divide into two branches)

trifurcate (divide into three)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

ramification (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)

ramification (an arrangement of branching parts)

ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

Example:

these plants ramify early and get to be very large

Synonyms:

branch; ramify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ramify" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Verb group:

branch; fork; furcate; ramify; separate (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ramification (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)

ramification (an arrangement of branching parts)

ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have or develop complicating consequences

Example:

These actions will ramify

Synonyms:

complexify; ramify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ramify" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ramification (a development that complicates a situation)

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