Definitions for branch
Overview of noun branch
The noun branch has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (19) branch, subdivision, arm
(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")
2. (15) branch
(a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
3. (5) branch, leg, ramification
(a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches")
4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset
(a natural consequence of development)
5. branch
(a stream or river connected to a larger one)
6. arm, branch, limb
(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")
Overview of verb branch
The verb branch has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ramify, branch
(grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large")
2. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
(divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks")
