branch

1. A division of some larger or more complex organization (synset 108418205)
   "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
   is a type of: division - an administrative unit in government or business
   subtypes:

   • local post office, post office - a local branch where postal services are available
   • executive branch, executive office of the president - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
   • legislative branch - the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating
   • judicial branch - the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
   same as: arm, subdivision
2. A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant (synset 113184148)
   is a type of: stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
   subtypes:

   • deadwood - a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
   • limb, tree branch - any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
   • branchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
   has: bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
3. A part of a forked or branching shape (synset 113936864)
   "he broke off one of the branches"
   is a type of: subfigure - a figure that is a part of another figure
   subtypes:

   • bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
   • brachium - (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
   • crotch, fork - the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
   is a part of: forking, furcation - the place where something divides into branches
   same as: leg, ramification
4. A natural consequence of development (synset 111435835)
   is a type of: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   same as: offset, offshoot, outgrowth
5. A stream or river connected to a larger one (synset 109251231)
   is a type of: stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
   subtypes:

   • billabong - a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
   • distributary - a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
   • affluent, confluent, feeder, tributary - a branch that flows into the main stream
6. Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm (synset 102740838)
   "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
   is a type of: projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
   same as: arm, limb

1. Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures (synset 200330054)
   "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
   is a type of: grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
   same as: ramify
   verb group: branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
2. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork (synset 200329612)
   "The road forks"
   is a type of: diverge - move or draw apart
   subtypes:

   • arborise, arborize - branch out like trees
   • twig - branch out in a twiglike manner
   • bifurcate - divide into two branches
   • trifurcate - divide into three
   same as: fork, furcate, ramify, separate
   verb group: branch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

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