"branch off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-branch off.ogg [Australia] 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 2
  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 with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 82 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 15 19 67
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",
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      "sense": "to diverge into two or more separate paths",
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