branch off — ˌbranch ˈoff [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they branch off he/she/it branches off present participle branching off past tense … Useful english dictionary
branch off — / branch out [v] extend beyond main part add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread out; concept 756 Ant. lessen, shrink … New thesaurus
branch off — index bifurcate, stem (originate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
branch off — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms branch off : present tense I/you/we/they branch off he/she/it branches off present participle branching off past tense branched off past participle branched off to leave the main part of something … English dictionary
branch off — v. (D; intr.) to branch off from (the spur branches off here from the main line) * * * [ brɑːntʃ ɒf] (D;intr.) to branch offfrom (the spur branch offes off here from the main, line) … Combinatory dictionary
branch off — PHRASAL VERB A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going. [V P prep/adv] After a few miles, a small road … English dictionary
branch off — phr verb Branch off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑path, ↑road … Collocations dictionary
branch off phrasal — verb (I) 1 if a road, passage, railway etc branches off from another road etc, it separates from it and goes in a different direction (+ from): a passage branching off from the main tunnel 2 to leave a main road (+ from/into): We branched off… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
branch off — {v.} To go from something big or important to something smaller or less important; turn aside. * /At the bridge a little road branches off from the highway and follows the river./ * /Martin was trying to study his lesson, but his mind kept… … Dictionary of American idioms
branch off — {v.} To go from something big or important to something smaller or less important; turn aside. * /At the bridge a little road branches off from the highway and follows the river./ * /Martin was trying to study his lesson, but his mind kept… … Dictionary of American idioms
