Branch

Noun

 * 1) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing
 * 2) Something that divides like the branch of a tree
 * 3) A location of an organization with several locations.
 * 4)  A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but smaller than a ward.
 * 5) An area in business or of knowledge, research
 * 6)  The certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters

Verb

 * 1)  To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
 * 2)  To produce branches.
 * 3)  To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

Adjectives for Branch

 * (division) collateral; subordinate; subsequent; specialized; rudimentary; purifying; despised; architectural; itinerant; local.
 * (tree) waxen; soft; wide; spreading; prominent; overhanging; gigantic; interlaced (plural); rushing; grown; curving; circumstantial; fragrant; blazing; arching; swaying; murmuring; springy; mossset; peaceful; long; pendulous; feathery; gnarled; picturesque; independent; coordinate; simpler; towering.

Verbs for Branch
combine —es ; consist of —es; corrupt—; diverge into —es ; establish—; flourish in —es ; foster—; invest in—; manage—; propose—; separate into —es; spread out into; subdivide into —es; subordinate —es ; —affiliates with; —booms; —flourishes; — represents; —springs up; —transacts.

Related terms
branch banking; branch line; branch office; main branch; branchlike; branch off; branch out;

Thesaurus
chapter, church, clan, class, cleave, closet, cog railway, common ancestry, communion, community, confluent, confluent stream, consanguinity, consulate, corporate headquarters, crank, creek, crick, crook, crotch, crutch, curve, cut in two, deadwood, delta, den, dendritic drainage pattern, denomination, depart from, department, deploy, derivation, descent, detour, deviate, dichotomize, digress, dimidiate, direct line, disperse, distaff side, divagate, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, division, effluent, el, elbow, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, embassy, estate, executive office, expand, extend, extraction, faction, family, fan, fan out, feeder, feeder line, fellowship, female line, filiation, fission, flagellum, flare, flowing stream, fluviation, fork, fresh, freshet, frond, furcate, furcula, furculum, genotype, genus, gill, grade, gravity-operated railway, groin, group, grouping, halve, hand, head, heading, headquarters, heel, home office, hook, horse railway, house, imp, in half, inguen, joint, junction, kill, kin, kingdom, label, lazy stream, leg, legation, level, light railroad, limb, line, line of descent, lineage, link, lobe, lobule, local, lodge, main line, main office, male line, meandering stream, member, metro, midchannel, midstream, millstream, monorail, moving road, navigable river, office, offset, offshoot, open, open up, order, organ, organization, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, part, party, persuasion, phylum, pigeonhole, pinion, position, post, predicament, prong, race, racing stream, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, ramage, ramification, ramify, rank, rating, religious order, river, rivulet, roadbed, roadway, rubric, run, rundle, runlet, runnel, runner, sarment, schism, school, scion, sect, sectarism, section, seed, segment, sept, series, service, set, sheer, shift, shoot, shop, side, sidetrack, siding, sike, slip, society, spear, spear side, species, spill stream, spin-off, spindle side, splay, split in two, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spray, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, station, status, stem, stirps, stock, stolon, strain, stratum, stream, stream action, streamlet, street railway, streetcar line, study, subclass, subdivide, subdivision, subfamily, subgenus, subgroup, subkingdom, suborder, subsidiary, subspecies, subterranean river, subtribe, subway, succession, sucker, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, swerve, switch, switchback, sword side, tack, tail, tendril, terminal, terminus, thallus, ticket office, title, track, tram, tramline, transect, trend, trestle, tribe, tributary, trident, trifurcate, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turn, turn aside, turnout, twig, underground, unfold, variety, vary, veer, version, wadi, watercourse, waterway, widen, wing, wishbone, zag, zig, zigzag, adolescent stream, affiliate, affiliation, affluent, angle, angle off, apparentation, appendage, arm, arroyo, bayou, bear off, beck, bend, bifurcate, billabong, bine, biotype, birth, bisect, blood, bloodline, body, booking office, bough, bourn, box office, bracket, braided stream, branch off, branch office, branch out, branchedness, branchiness, breed, brook, brooklet, burgeon, burn, by two, cabinet, cable railway, caste, category, chambers, chancellery, chancery, change the bearing, channel,

Pronunciation

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