branch

noun

  1. 1

    any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

    the arm of the record player

    an arm of the sea

  2. 2

    a division of some larger or more complex organization

    a branch of Congress

    botany is a branch of biology

  3. 3

    a stream or river connected to a larger one

  4. 4

    a natural consequence of development

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    a part of a forked or branching shape

    he broke off one of the branches

verb

  1. 1

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    The road forks

  2. 2

    grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

    these plants ramify early and get to be very large

Synonyms

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