Dictionary definition · branch
noun
- a division of some larger or more complex organization"a branch of Congress"
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a part of a forked or branching shape"he broke off one of the branches"
- a natural consequence of development
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm"the arm of the record player"
verb
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork"The road forks"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).