branch (n.)

  1. a division of some larger or more complex organization; a branch of Congress; botany is a branch of biology; the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages

    [ Syn: subdivision , arm ]

  2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

  3. a part of a forked or branching shape; he broke off one of the branches

    [ Syn: leg , ramification ]

  4. a natural consequence of development

    [ Syn: outgrowth , offshoot , offset ]

  5. a stream or river connected to a larger one

  6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; the arm of the record player; an arm of the sea; a branch of the sewer

    [ Syn: arm , limb ]

    branch (v.)

  1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; these plants ramify early and get to be very large

    [ Syn: ramify ]

  2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; The road forks

    [ Syn: ramify , fork , furcate , separate ]

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