1. (

• branch ,
• subdivision ,
• arm

) a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" ;

2. (

• branch

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

3. (

• branch ,
• leg ,
• ramification

) a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" ;

4. (

• outgrowth ,
• branch ,
• offshoot ,
• offset

) a natural consequence of development ;

5. (

• branch ,

) a stream or river connected to a larger one ;

6. (

• arm ,
• branch ,
• limb

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

1. (

• ramify ,
• branch ,

) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" ;

2. (

• branch ,
• ramify ,
• fork ,
• furcate ,
• separate ,

) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" ;