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BRANCH OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vary in order to spread risk or to expand
Example:
The company diversified
Synonyms:
branch out; broaden; diversify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "branch out" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something