branching Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
    fork; forking; ramification.
  2. verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
    ramify; branch.
    • these plants ramify early and get to be very large
  3. verb divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
    ramify; fork; furcate; branch; separate.
    • The road forks
  4. adjective satellite having branches
    branched; ramous; ramate; ramose.
  5. adjective satellite resembling the branches of a tree

WordNet

Branch"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.
    Shaded with branching palm. Milton.
Branch"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.
    The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts.

Webster 1913