noun
a division of some larger or more complex organization
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- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
noun
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
noun
a part of a forked or branching shape
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- he broke off one of the branches
noun
a natural consequence of development
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noun
a stream or river connected to a larger one
noun
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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- the arm of the record player
- an arm of the sea
- a branch of the sewer
verb
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
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- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- The road forks