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any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

a stream or river connected to a larger one

a natural consequence of development

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

a stream or river connected to a larger one

a natural consequence of development

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

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.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

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.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

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.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

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.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

A shoot or limb from a main bough; any member or part of a body or system; a department; a division of a family descended from some particular ancestor; a section or subdivision.

Turning aside from the trunk or main body; as, the Pennsylvania Railroad system includes may branch roads.

To divide from the main body; to diverge; with out.

To divide.

An arm-like division; an off-shoot.

A shoot or arm-like limb of a tree: anything like a branch: any offshoot or subdivision.

To divide into branches.

To spread out as a branch.

BRANCHLESS, BRANCHY.

To divide into branches.

The shoot or limb of a tree; any offshoot, or any member, part, or subdivision of a body or system; any individual of a family descending in a collateral line; a warrant or commission given to a pilot.

To divide into branches, or subordinate divisions; to adorn with needlework, representing flowers and sprigs. Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron which bear the bit, the cross-chains, and the curb. To branch out, to speak diffusively. Branched-work, the sculptured leaves and branches in monuments and friezes.

To shoot out in branches or into subdivisions.

Limb of a tree; tributary of a river; any offshoot or division.

To divide into or adorn with branches; put forth branches.

Diverging from or merging in a trunk, stock, or main part.

A secondary stem, as of a tree; an offshoot; side issue; division; department; tributary.

The shoot of a tree or plant; an arm; any part of a body or system; a descendant from a common parent.

To divide into parts; to spread out.

A bough; a principal outgrowth from a stem or axis; a principal division of an artery, vein, or nerve.

A term applied, generally, to the principal division of an artery or nerve. The word is commonly used synonymously with Ramus; but often, with the French, Branche signifies the great division ;-Rameau, Lat. Ramus, the division of the branches; and Ramuscules, Lat. Ramusculi, the divisions of these last. The French, also, speak of the branches of the pubis for the Rami of that bone, branches of the ischium for the rami of the ischium, &c.

An outgrowth or prolongation from a main trunk or structure; one of two or more divisions of a main stem, as of a plant, an artery, a nerve, a bronchial tube, etc.

n. [French] A limb; a bough growing from a stem, or for another bough;—a shooting from the main body; a ramification;—a part of a body or system; a section or subdivision;—a line of family descent; a descendant;—a commission given to a pilot;—a chandelier.

The shoot of a tree from one of the main boughs; any distant article; any part that shoots out from the rest; a smaller river running into a larger; any part of a family descending in a collateral line; the offspring, the descendant; the antlers or shoots of a stag's horn.