1. branch - 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"
Synonym(s): subdivision, arm
Hypernym(s): division
2. branch - noun
· a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
3. branch - noun
· a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"
Synonym(s): leg, ramification
Hypernym(s): subfigure
4. branch - noun
· a natural consequence of development
Synonym(s): outgrowth, offshoot, offset
Hypernym(s): consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
5. branch - noun
· a stream or river connected to a larger one
Hypernym(s): stream, watercourse
6. branch - 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"
Hypernym(s): projection
7. branch - verb
· grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
Synonym(s): ramify
Hypernym(s): grow
8. branch - verb
· divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
Synonym(s): ramify, fork, furcate, separate
Hypernym(s): diverge
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