English dictionary

branch

/br/&/n/tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

Examples
A branch of Congress.

Botany is a branch of biology.

The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages.

Synonyms arm subdivision

Source: WordNet 3.0
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

noun.plant

Source: WordNet 3.0
a part of a forked or branching shape

noun.shape

Examples
He broke off one of the branches.

Synonyms leg ramification

Source: WordNet 3.0
a natural consequence of development

noun.phenomenon

Synonyms offset offshoot outgrowth

Source: WordNet 3.0
a stream or river connected to a larger one

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

noun.artifact

Examples
A branch of the sewer.

Synonyms arm limb

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Synonyms ramify

Source: WordNet 3.0
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

verb.change

Synonyms fork furcate ramify separate

Source: WordNet 3.0
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