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Branch

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Noun

1. arm, branch, subdivision

a division of some larger or more complex organization

Example Sentences:
'a branch of Congress'
'botany is a branch of biology'
'the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages'

2. branch

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

3. branch, leg, ramification

a part of a forked or branching shape

Example Sentences:
'he broke off one of the branches'

4. branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth

a natural consequence of development

5. branch

a stream or river connected to a larger one

6. arm, branch, limb

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

Example Sentences:
'the arm of the record player'
'an arm of the sea'
'a branch of the sewer'

Verb

7. branch, ramify

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

Example Sentences:
'these plants ramify early and get to be very large'

8. branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Example Sentences:
'The road forks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Branch

see synonyms of branch
noun
1. 
a secondary woody stem arising from the trunk or bough of a tree or the main stem of a shrub
2. 
a subdivision of the stem or root of any other plant
3. 
an offshoot or secondary part
a branch of a deer's antlers
4. 
a. 
a subdivision or subsidiary section of something larger or more complex
branches of learning
branch of the family
b. 
(as modifier)
a branch office
5. US
any small stream
6. mathematics
a section of a curve separated from the rest of the curve by discontinuities or special points
7. Also called: jump computing
a departure from the normal sequence of programmed instructions into a separate program area
8. 
an alternative route in an atomic or nuclear decay series
verb
9. (intransitive)
(of a tree or other plant) to produce or possess branches
10. (intransitive; usually foll by from)
(of stems, roots, etc) to grow and diverge (from another part)
11. 
to divide or be divided into subsidiaries or offshoots
12. (intransitive; often foll by off)
to diverge from the main way, road, topic, etc

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Branch

see synonyms of branch
noun
1. 
any woody extension growing from the trunk or main stem, or from a main limb, of a tree or shrub
2. 
anything physically resembling a branch, as a tine of a deer's antler
3.  US
a. 
one of the streams into which a river or large creek may divide, usually near the mouth
b. 
a large tributary flowing into a river
4.  US Chiefly South
a small stream flowing usually into a creek
5.  US
branch water
6. 
any part or extension of a main body or system
; specif.,
a. 
a division or part of a body of learning
optics is a branch of physics
b. 
a division of a family descending from a common ancestor
c. 
a subdivision of a family of languages
d. 
a division or a separately located unit of an organization
a library branch
e. 
a post-office subdivision outside the community where its main post office is located
see also station (sense 1) station (sense 1e)
f.  Computing
a jump (sense 36), esp. one that selects one of two or more alternative instructions as the next executed
verb intransitive
7. 
to put forth branches; spread in or divide into branches; ramify
8. 
to come out (from the trunk or stem) as a branch
9.  Computing
to continue at an instruction in another part of the program by means of a branch (sense 6) branch (sense 6f)
verb transitive
10. 
to separate into branches
11. 
to embroider with a pattern of flowers, foliage, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Branch

see synonyms of branch
n.
1.
a. A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.
b. A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.
2. Something that resembles a branch of a tree, as in form or function, as:
a. A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.
b. Anatomy An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.
3. A limited part of a larger or more complex unit or system, especially:
a. An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas: the judicial branch of government; the branch of medicine called neurology.
b. A division of a business or other organization.
c. A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.
d. Linguistics A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.
4.
a. A tributary of a river.
b. Chiefly Southern US See creek. See Note at run.
c. A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.
5. Mathematics A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.
6. Computers
a. A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.
b. The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.
7. Chemistry A bifurcation in a linear chain of atoms, especially in an organic molecule where isomeric hydrocarbon groups can vary in the location and number of these bifurcations of the carbon chain.
v. branched, branch·ing, branch·es
v.intr.
1. To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.
2. To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from: an unpaved road that branches from the main road; a theory that branches from an older system of ideas.
3. Computers To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.
v.tr.
1. To separate (something) into branches.
2. To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.

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