branch

[Branch]

A branch can mean the "arm" of a tree, or any other kind of arm––a branch of a bank is a division of the bank.

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A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Noun
any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

Noun
an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"

Noun
a stream or river connected to a larger one

Noun
a natural consequence of development

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

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Noun
a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"

Verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

Verb
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"


n.
A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

n.
Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

n.
Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

n.
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

n.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

n.
A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

a.
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.

v. i.
To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

v. i.
To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

v. t.
To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

v. t.
To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.


Branch

Branch , n.; pl. Branches . [OE. braunche, F. branche, fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. brank branch, bough.] 1. (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant. 2. Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
Most of the branches , or streams, were dried up.
3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches of knowledge." Prescott.
It is a branch and parcel of mine oath.
4. (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola. 5. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
6. (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters. Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb. -- Branch herring. See Alewife. -- Root and branch , totally, wholly. Syn. -- Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.

Branch

Branch , a. 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.

Branch

Branch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Branched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Branching.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge. -- To branch out, to speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
To branch out into a long disputation.

Branch

Branch, v. t. 1. To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in. 2. To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

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Usage Examples

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study.

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?

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Other Usage Examples

Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.

I got a family house for everybody to live in - my mom, my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don't come from any money. So once I get them settled in, in a nice house, then I'll branch out and see if I can get something else.

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

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