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brachiates

brachiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brachiate.

Meaning of brachiate

Verb

brachiate (third-person singular simple present brachiates, present participle brachiating, simple past and past participle brachiated)

  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.

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Questions about brachiates

What is brachiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brachiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brachiate.

Words near brachiates in the dictionary

  1. brachially
  2. brachials
  3. brachiaria
  4. brachiate
  5. brachiated
  6. brachiates
  7. brachiating
  8. brachiation
  9. brachiations
  10. brachiator
  11. brachiators

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