branch

/brˈæntʃ/

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Noun
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"
Noun
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Noun
a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"
Noun
a natural consequence of development
Noun
a stream or river connected to a larger one
Noun
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"
Verb
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
Verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
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