branch as a noun: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2
branch arm subdivision division local post office post office executive branch Executive Office of the President legislative branch judicial branch jump to corresponding sense entry
branch noun
1 branch A division of some larger or more complex organization:— A branch of Congress.
synonyms: arm , subdivision .
Roget 367 :vegetable ,
vegetable kingdom ;
flora ,
verdure .
plant ;
tree ,
shrub ,
bush ;
creeper ;
herb ,
herbage ;
grass .
annual ;
perennial ,
biennial ,
triennial ;
exotic .
timber ,
forest ;
wood ,
woodlands ;
timberland ;
hurst † ,
frith † ,
holt ,
weald † ,
park ,
chase ,
greenwood ,
brake ,
grove ,
copse ,
coppice ,
bocage † ,
tope ,
clump of trees ,
thicket ,
spinet ,
spinney ;
underwood ,
brushwood ;
scrub ;
boscage ,
bosk † ,
ceja [Sp.] ,
chaparal ,
motte [U.S.] ;
arboretum
etc.
371 bush ,
jungle ,
prairie ;
heath ,
heather ;
fern ,
bracken ;
furze ,
gorse ,
whin ;
grass ,
turf ;
pasture ,
pasturage ;
turbary † ;
sedge ,
rush ,
weed ;
fungus ,
mushroom ,
toadstool ;
lichen ,
moss ,
conferva † ,
mold ;
growth ;
alfalfa ,
alfilaria † ,
banyan ;
blow ,
blowth † ;
floret † ,
petiole ;
pin grass ,
timothy ,
yam ,
yew ,
zinnia .
foliage ,
branch ,
bough ,
ramage † ,
stem ,
tigella † ;
spray
etc.
51 leaf .
flower ,
blossom ,
bine † ;
flowering plant ;
timber tree ,
fruit tree ;
pulse ,
legume .
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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 ,
heirs ;
great-grandchild .
child ,
son ,
daughter ;
butcha † ;
bantling ,
scion ;
acrospire † ,
plumule † ,
shoot ,
sprout ,
olive-branch ,
sprit † ,
branch ;
off-shoot ,
off-set ;
ramification ;
descendant ;
heir ,
heiress ;
heir-apparent ,
heir-presumptive ;
chip off the old block ;
heredity ;
rising generation .
straight descent ,
sonship † ,
line ,
lineage ,
filiation † ,
primogeniture .
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Dutch: bedrijfstak, branch, filiaal, tak, vertakking
4 branch 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 ,
paragraph ,
verse ;
article ,
passage ;
sector ,
segment ;
fraction ,
fragment ;
cantle ,
frustum ;
detachment ,
parcel .
piece [Fr.] ,
lump ,
bit cut ,
cutting ;
chip ,
chunk ,
collop † ,
slice ,
scale ;
lamina
etc.
204 small part ;
morsel ,
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32 installment ,
dividend ;
share
etc.
(allotment)
786 debris ,
odds and ends ,
oddments ,
detritus ;
excerpta † ;
member ,
limb ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
arm ,
wing ,
scion ,
branch ,
bough ,
joint ,
link ,
offshoot ,
ramification ,
twig ,
bush ,
spray ,
sprig ;
runner ;
leaf ,
leaflet ;
stump ;
component part
etc.
56 sarmentum † .
compartment ;
department
etc.
(class)
75 county
etc.
(region)
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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
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