branch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BRANCH

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point <threads branched from the center of the spider web>

Synonyms branch, fan (out), ray

Related Words diffuse, dispel, disperse, dissipate; fork, stem; diverge, divide, part, ramify, separate, split, uncouple, unlink, unyoke; scatter, splay, spread; arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, spring

Near Antonyms approach, close in (on), near; center (on), centralize; connect, couple, join, link, unite

Antonyms concentrate, converge, focus, funnel, meet

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