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(intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.

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brachiate

Source Word

brachiate

IPA(Pronunciation)

intransitive

(intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）腕を利用して、枝から枝へと移動すること。特に、ブランチエーションによる歩行、すなわち、長い腕を使って枝を掴みながら前進する動作を指す。

In the dense canopy, the gibbon decided to brachiate between sunlit branches to reach the fruit.

生い茂る樹冠の中で、テナガザルは果実に届くために枝から枝へとぶら下がりながら移動することにした。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.

[…] brachiating from handhold to handhold like chimpanzees in a jungle.

brachiates

（ present singular third-person ）

brachiating

（ participle present ）

brachiated

（ participle past ）

brachiated

（ past ）