It was in the Agora of Athens that the great philosopher Socrates questioned the market-goers on their understanding of the meaning of life, attracting a crowd of Athenian youth who enjoyed seeing the more pretentious of their elders made fools of.
Branching definition, a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant. See more.
Historical Examples. 1  Dendroid: tree or shrub-like: branching like a tree or shrub. 2  It has already been shown that the fibers are the result of a branching of cells. 3  On the Common, which was a pasture, was a branching elm, a place of executions. 4  After two miles of travel I came to a branching of the trail.