1. (noun)branch, subdivision, arm a division of some larger or morecomplexorganization "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
5. (noun)branch a stream or river connected to a larger one
6. (noun)arm, branch, limb 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"
7. (verb)ramify, branch grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
8. (verb)branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork "The road forks"