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Branch
brɑːn(t)ʃ
Branch definitions
noun
branch
branches
- a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough
"Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple"
- a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc.
"a branch of the Clinton River"
- a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function
"he went to work at our Birmingham branch"
- a conceptual subdivision of a family, subject, group of languages, etc.
"a branch of mathematics called graph theory"
verb
branch
branched
branches
branching
- (of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions
"follow this track south until it branches into two"
fork bifurcate divide subdivide split separate go in different directions diverge from deviate from depart from turn aside from shoot off from split off from go off at a tangent from- diverge from the main route or part
"the road branched off at the market town"
- (of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches
"this rose has a tendency to branch and spread at the top"