branch

Meanings

• 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"
• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
• a part of a forked or branching shape
  • "he broke off one of the branches"
• a natural consequence of development
• a stream or river connected to a larger one
• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
  • "a branch of the sewer"
• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Synonyms

arm, fork, furcate, leg, limb, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, ramification, ramify, separate, subdivision