Disbranch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disbranch is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To tear away; to break off.
Example Sentences
You have to disbud and disbranch your plants to get one bloom that is anywhere close to perfection.
She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap, perforce must wither, And come to deadly use.
There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]
Word Forms
- disbranches
- disbranching
- disbranched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include debranch, branch, disbark, dismember, break off, fork.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.