[responsivevoice] ramify [/responsivevoice] [ ram-uh-fahy ]
The word of the day is ‘ramify.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is ramified.
It means:
1. Branch
2. Offshoots
3. Form branches
4. Branch out
1. Hindi – Daaliyaan phailana
2. Spanish – Ramificarse
3. French – Ramifier
4. Mandarin – Fēn zhī
1. Philip knew these relatives well: they ramify, if need be, all over the peninsula.
2. An elaborate system of canals was built, ramifying throughout the UK.
3. The bazaars form the heart of the town and ramify in various directions.
4. The nature of the thing is to ramify beyond human calculation.
5. When I’d got my local ground perfectly covered, I’d begin to ramify.
bifurcate, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, separate, spread, subdivide, add to, branch out etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
abridge, agree, collect, combine, compress, condense, connect, contract, curtail, decline, decrease, diminish, gather, halt, hold, join, keep, lessen, lower, maintain, reduce, shorten, shrink, stop, unite
Quotation:
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been into every corner of our minds.
John Meynard Keynes
Social Example:
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