Synonyms of the word brachiate


BRACHIATEARMED - BRANCHY - SWAY - SWING

brachiate

  • adj. Having decussate branches.
  • v. (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.

armed

  • adj. (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
  • adj. (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
  • adj. (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of arm.
  • adj. (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  • adj. (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
  • adj. (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.

branchy

  • adj. Having many branches.
  • adj. Tending to branch frequently.

sway

  • n. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
  • n. A rocking or swinging motion.
  • n. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side.
  • n. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
  • n. Rule; dominion; control.
  • n. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
  • n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
  • v. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
  • v. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
  • v. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide…
  • v. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
  • v. (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
  • v. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
  • v. To have weight or influence.
  • v. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

swing

  • v. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
  • v. (intransitive) To dance.
  • v. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
  • v. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
  • v. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
  • v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
  • v. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
  • v. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
  • v. (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
  • v. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than…
  • v. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
  • v. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
  • v. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
  • v. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
  • v. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
  • n. The manner in which something is swung.
  • n. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
  • n. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
  • n. A dance style.
  • n. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
  • n. The amount of change towards or away from something.
  • n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
  • n. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
  • n. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
  • n. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
  • n. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in…
  • n. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
  • n. (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

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