Branch
[n] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
[n] an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"
[n] a stream or river connected to a larger one
[n] a natural consequence of development
[n] a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
[n] a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
[v] divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
[v] grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
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Synonyms
arm, arm, fork, fork, furcate, leg, limb, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, ramification, ramify, separate, subdivision
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