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branch

noun

1 branch

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.

synonyms: arm, subdivision.

Roget 367: vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.    plant; tree, shrub, bush; creeper; herb, herbage; grass.    annual; ... show more

Dutch: vakgebied, onderafdeling, subafdeling, tak
Polish: władza

2 branch

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

Dutch: tak
Polish: gałąź

3 branch

A part of a forked or branching shape:
— He broke off one of the branches.

synonyms: leg, ramification.

Roget 167: posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat; family, grandchildren, ... show more

Dutch: bedrijfstak, branch, filiaal, tak, vertakking

4 branch

A natural consequence of development.

synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth.

Dutch: zijtak, uitloper

5 branch

A stream or river connected to a larger one.

Dutch: aftakking, arm, zijtak

6 branch

Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm:
— A branch of the sewer.

synonyms: arm, limb.

Roget 51: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, ... show more

Dutch: armen
Polish: ramię

verb

1 branch

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.

synonym: ramify.

2 branch

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.

synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate.

Dutch: gevorkt, afsplitsen, aftakken, vertakken


Moby thesaurus: L, V, adolescent stream, affiliate, affiliation, affluent, angle, angle off, apparentation, appendage, arm, arroyo, bayou, bear off, beck, bend, bifurcate, billabong, bine, biotype ... show more.

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