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branch

(br/&/n/tS/ )

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a division of some larger or more complex organization(noun.group)

Example:
A branch of Congress.
Botany is a branch of biology.
The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages.

Synonym:
arm, subdivision

source: wordnet30
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant(noun.plant)

source: wordnet30
a part of a forked or branching shape(noun.shape)

Example:
He broke off one of the branches.

Synonym:
leg, ramification

source: wordnet30
a natural consequence of development(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
offset, offshoot, outgrowth

source: wordnet30
a stream or river connected to a larger one(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm(noun.artifact)

Example:
A branch of the sewer.

Synonym:
arm, limb

source: wordnet30
A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.(noun)

source: webster1913

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures(verb.change)

Synonym:
ramify

source: wordnet30
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork(verb.change)

Synonym:
fork, furcate, ramify, separate

source: wordnet30
To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.(verb)

source: webster1913
To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.(verb)

source: webster1913

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