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English noun: branch | |||
| 1. | branch (group) a division of some larger or more complex organization | ||
| Samples | A branch of Congress. Botany is a branch of biology. The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages. | ||
| Synonyms | arm, subdivision | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | executive branch, Executive Office of the President, judicial branch, legislative branch, local post office, post office | ||
| 2. | branch (plant) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stalk, stem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | branchlet, deadwood, limb, sprig, tree branch, twig | ||
| Part holonym | bark | ||
| 3. | branch (shape) a part of a forked or branching shape | ||
| Samples | He broke off one of the branches. | ||
| Synonyms | leg, ramification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | subfigure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bifurcation, brachium, crotch, fork | ||
| Part meronym | forking, furcation | ||
| 4. | branch (phenomenon) a natural consequence of development | ||
| Synonyms | offset, offshoot, outgrowth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | ||
| 5. | branch (object) a stream or river connected to a larger one | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stream, watercourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affluent, billabong, confluent, distributary, feeder, tributary | ||
| 6. | branch (artifact) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | ||
| Samples | The arm of the record player. An arm of the sea. A branch of the sewer. | ||
| Synonyms | arm, limb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | projection | ||
English verb: branch | |||
| 1. | branch (change) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | ||
| Samples | These plants ramify early and get to be very large. | ||
| Synonyms | ramify | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Verb group | branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate | ||
| 2. | branch (change) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||
| Samples | The road forks. | ||
| Synonyms | fork, furcate, ramify, separate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diverge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arborise, arborize, bifurcate, trifurcate, twig | ||
| Verb group | branch, ramify | ||
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