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A dense group of bushes or trees
Plural for 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.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for a section or part, especially of a company or organization
“This branch of government includes our state courts and judges.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for a specific domain in business, knowledge, or research
“Nevertheless, it seems that, mostly, there is one dominant theory in each branch of science.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for 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?”
Plural for a stem of a herbaceous plant or organism
Plural for a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
Plural for a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine
Plural for something intended to reconcile or connect two seemingly incompatible things
Plural for a body of knowledge acquired while being educated
(geography) Plural for a bay or inlet off a main body of water
Plural for an object on which a bird alights or roosts
Plural for an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something
Plural for a branching-out, or the act or result of developing branches
Plural for a spike or point on an implement or tool, such as a fork or a comb
(obsolete) Plural for something added or attached to something else
Plural for a division into three branches
Plural for an alternative route, typically used when the usual route is unavailable
Plural for the act of using an alternative route or deviating from the usual route
Plural for 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 spread, open or disperse from a central point to cover a wide area
To make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant
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