Brachiate means to move by swinging from one hold to another using the arms.
Brachiate significa progresar balanceándose de un soporte a otro con los brazos.
| Front | brachiate \BRAY-kee-ayt\ |
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| Back | verb To progress by swinging from hold to hold by the arms. [From Latin brachiatus (having arms), from brachium (arm), from Greek brakhion (upper arm). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mregh-u- (short) that is also the source of brief, abbreviate, abridge, brassiere, and brumal.] "Thick-furred, with a red face, the monkey moves by sprawling out and brachiating from branch to branch through the high forest canopy." - Roger Rosenblatt; Earth's Green Gown; Time (New York); Jun 17, 2004. "The new superfriends head out on their first missions: the isotope feint and a related museum heist, which allows Sydney to dress in cat-burglar clothes and brachiate around an unguarded exhibition." - Virginia Heffernan; Yet More of One Face in Season 4 of 'Alias'; The New York Times; Jan 5, 2005. |
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