1. (noun) branch, subdivision, arm
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"
2. (noun) branch
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
3. (noun) branch, leg, ramification
a part of a forked or branching shape
"he broke off one of the branches"
4. (noun) outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset
a natural consequence of development
5. (noun) branch
a stream or river connected to a larger one
6. (verb) 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"
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Definition of 'branch' 
