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Branch   /bræntʃ/   Listen
noun
Branch  n.  (pl. branches)  
1.
(Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
2.
Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway. "Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up."
3.
Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches of knowledge." "It is a branch and parcel of mine oath."
4.
(Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
5.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family. "His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock."
6.
(Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb.
Branch herring. See Alewife.
Root and branch, totally, wholly.
Synonyms: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.


verb
Branch  v. t.  
1.
To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
2.
To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs. "The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought."


Branch  v. i.  (past & past part. branched; pres. part. branching)  
1.
To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
2.
To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge.
To branch out, to speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc. "To branch out into a long disputation."


adjective
Branch  adj.  Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.





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"Branch" Quotes from Famous Books



... tree, facing out over the lake; she disposed herself cross-legged on the grass near by just within reaching distance. She offered him her cigarette case but he declined. Of late years, since his marriage to Paula, he had smoked very little. As a substitute, now, he picked up a forked bit of branch, and ...
— Mary Wollaston • Henry Kitchell Webster
... went, but on his way to the gate he picked up three pieces of paper which had blown into the garden, weeded two pieces of grass from the path, and carefully removed a dead branch from a laurel facing the window. He would have done more but for an imperative knocking on the glass, and he left the premises sadly, putting his collection of rubbish over the next garden ...
— At Sunwich Port, Complete • W.W. Jacobs
... been established by the editors, and it is the intention to report upon every manuscript within a week after it is received. We also welcome contributions to every branch of literature represented ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various
... Beside the superb branch of uneatable bitter oranges which decks my tent-pole, I have to-day hung up a long bough of finger-sponge, which floated to the riverbank. As winter advances, butterflies gradually disappear: one species (a Vanessa) ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 • Various
... carry on the literary tradition. It is known to us best through Boswell, and its characteristics are represented by Johnson's favourite club. In one of his talks with Boswell the great man amused himself by showing how the club might form itself into a university. Every branch of knowledge and thought might, he thought, be represented, though it must be admitted that some of the professors suggested were scarcely up to the mark. The social variety is equally remarkable. Among the ...
— English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century • Leslie Stephen


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