"branch off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-branch off.ogg Forms: branches off [present, singular, third-person], branching off [participle, present], branched off [participle, past], branched off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} branch off (third-person singular simple present branches off, present participle branching off, simple past and past participle branched off)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, of a path or route) To diverge into two or more separate paths. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to diverge into two or more separate paths): afbuigen (Dutch), bifurquer (French), fourcher [Louisiana] (French), abbiegen (German), διακλαδίζομαι (diakladízomai) (Greek), brotar (Portuguese), separar-se (Portuguese), bifurcar [pronominal] (Spanish), förgrena (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-branch_off-en-verb-nmRU4FvZ Disambiguation of 'to diverge into two or more separate paths': 85 13 1
  2. To separate from a main path or route.
    Sense id: en-branch_off-en-verb-2dWYJtwx
  3. (of a conversation) To divert from the main topic of conversation.
    Sense id: en-branch_off-en-verb-vOEcniMg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 83 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 10 12 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 7 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 10 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 14 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 11 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 21 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 12 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 10 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fork off

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "afbuigen"
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "bifurquer"
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "abbiegen"
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "διακλαδίζομαι"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "brotar"
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
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      "word": "bifurcar"
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
      "word": "förgrena"
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