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A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough
“I've been told that you can graft an apple branch into a peach tree, but the branch will still grow apples.”
Any of the parts of something that divides from a main section or line
“Coming to a branch in the road, the Jeep steers to the left.”
A lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a body of water
“Shakadang Stream is a branch of the Liwu River, which cuts through ancient rock layers to carve the Taroko Gorge.”
A section or part, especially of a company or organization
“This branch of government includes our state courts and judges.”
A local office for a company or organization
“Gaskell spent time in Saint John in the early 1940s trying to establish a local branch of this organization.”
A specific domain in business, knowledge, or research
“Nevertheless, it seems that, mostly, there is one dominant theory in each branch of science.”
That which is connected or extends from something else
“The branch of physics that is now referred to as black hole physics was born as a full-blooded scientific discipline at the junction of the theory of gravitation.”
The type, category or rank of something
“The subject, so far as the improvements themselves are concerned, is purely a technical one, which belongs to the highest branch of engineering science.”
A turn off a road, trail or path
“Why else would I have half my trucks go down a branch in the road that leads to nothing?”
A stem of a herbaceous plant or organism
A compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot
A part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
Something intended to reconcile or connect two seemingly incompatible things
A body of knowledge acquired while being educated
(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water
An object on which a bird alights or roosts
A breakaway faction, minority, or offshoot that branches off from a larger organization or movement
An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something
A spike or point on an implement or tool, such as a fork or a comb
(obsolete) Something added or attached to something else
An alternative route, typically used when the usual route is unavailable
The act of using an alternative route or deviating from the usual route
A form or version of something that is derived or that differs in some respect
To split or fork out from a straight line
“Shortly after you pass Haslach, the road will branch off towards Fischerbach.”
To spread or extend outwards from, or as if from, a central point
“As Steven's hand ran along the edge of the tree, small beams of colored light would branch out from its leaves.”
To make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant
To extend or spread over an area or period of time
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