Definition of branch

What does the word branch mean? Find synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of the word branch in our free online dictionary! Find words starting with branch and anagrams of branch.

branch - 9 definitions

- 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: subdivision, arm
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. branch -- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. branch -- a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"
synonyms: leg, ramification
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. outgrowth -- a natural consequence of development
synonyms: outgrowth, offshoot, offset
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. branch -- a stream or river connected to a larger one
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. arm -- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
synonyms: arm, limb
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
7. ramify -- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
synonyms: ramify
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. branch -- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
synonyms: ramify, fork, furcate, separate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. branch, branched -- to form branches
synonyms: branched, branches, branching, unbranched, braunch
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 

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