English verb: ramify |
1. | ramify (change) have or develop complicating consequences |
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| Samples | These actions will ramify.
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| Synonyms | complexify |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change |
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2. | ramify (change) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures |
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| Samples | These plants ramify early and get to be very large.
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| Synonyms | branch |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | grow |
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| Verb group | branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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3. | ramify (change) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
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| Samples | The road forks.
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| Synonyms | branch, fork, furcate, separate |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | diverge |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | arborise, arborize, bifurcate, trifurcate, twig |
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| Verb group | branch, ramify |
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