branches

Noun

branch (plural branches)

1. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
   • Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing.1556, John Heywood, chapter 7, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of the...

   Synonyms:

   arm, bough, grain, limb, tiller, tillow, twig, tree

2. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
   • the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway
3. (Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
   • branch water
4. One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
   • the branches of a hyperbola
5. A location of an organization with several locations.
   • Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
6. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
   • the English branch of a family

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