ARBORISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arborise mean? 

• ARBORISE (verb)
  The verb ARBORISE has 1 sense:

1. branch out like trees

  Familiarity information: ARBORISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARBORISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they arborise    ... he / she / it arborises   
Past simple: arborised   
Past participle: arborised   
-ing form: arborising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch out like trees

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

arborise; arborize

Context example:

nerve fibers arborize

Hypernyms (to "arborise" is one way to...):

branch; fork; furcate; ramify; separate (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

arbor (tree (as opposed to shrub))