branch, subdivision, arm (noun)

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"

branch (noun)

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

branch, leg, ramification (noun)

a part of a forked or branching shape

"he broke off one of the branches"

outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset (noun)

a natural consequence of development

branch (noun)

a stream or river connected to a larger one

arm, branch, limb (verb)

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"

ramify, branch (verb)

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate (verb)

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

branch (Noun)

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

branch (Noun)

Something that divides like the branch of a tree.

branch (Noun)

A location of an organization with several locations.

branch (Noun)

A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

branch (Noun)

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

branch (Noun)

A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

branch (Verb)

To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

branch (Verb)

To produce branches.

branch (Verb)

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

Branch

A branch tree branch is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree. Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. While branches can be nearly horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, the majority of trees have upwardly diagonal branches. The term "twig" often refers to a terminus, while "bough" refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk.