BRANCH OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does branch out mean? 

• BRANCH OUT (verb)
  The verb BRANCH OUT has 1 sense:

1. vary in order to spread risk or to expand

  Familiarity information: BRANCH OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRANCH OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vary in order to spread risk or to expand

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

branch out; broaden; diversify

Context example:

The company diversified

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