branch off

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

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.
2. To separate from a main path or route.
3. (of a conversation) To divert from the main topic of conversation.

Synonyms

• fork off

Translations

to diverge into two or more separate paths

• Dutch: afbuigen (nl)
• French: bifurquer (fr), fourcher (fr) (Louisiana)
• German: abbiegen (de)
• Greek: διακλαδίζομαι (el) (diakladízomai)
• Portuguese: brotar (pt), separar-se
• Spanish: bifurcar (es) (pronominal)
• Swedish: förgrena (sv)