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 Definition of 'branch'

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1. (noun) branchsubdivisionarm
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) branchlegramification
a part of a forked or branching shape
"he broke off one of the branches"

4. (noun) outgrowthbranchoffshootoffset
a natural consequence of development


5. (noun) branch
a stream or river connected to a larger one


6. (noun) armbranchlimb
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) ramifybranch
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

8. (verb) branchramifyforkfurcateseparate
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road forks"


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