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Definition of Branch

Branch 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. Related Definitions: Adorn, An, Antler, Any, Arm, Article, As, Authorizing, Body, Bough, Branch, Branches, Certain, Chandelier, Commission, Connected, Curve, Department, Descendant, Descent, Distance, Distinct, Distinction, Diverging, Divide, Division, English, Extending, Family, From, Given, Great, Growing, Him, Hyperbola, In, Indefinitely, Into, Like, Limb, Line, Main, Make, Member, Needlework, Of, One, Or, Other, Outwards, Part, Pilot, Plant, Principal, Railway, Ramification, Ramify, River, Road, Same, Secondary, Section, Separate, Shoot, Some, Spread, Stem, Stock, Store, Subdivision, Subordinate, Such, System, That, The, Theme, Thing, To, Topic, Tree, Tributary, Vein, Warrant, Way, With

Branch Quotations Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. Thomas Jefferson Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. Frank Zappa Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. Richard M. Nixon

Branch Translations branch in Afrikaans is afdeling, vak, tak branch in Danish is afdeling, gren, filial branch in Dutch is tak, aftakking branch in Finnish is oksa, lokero branch in German is springen, verzweigen, Branche, Abteilung, Sprung branch in Italian is filiale, ramo branch in Latin is stipes branch in Norwegian is gren, avdeling branch in Portuguese is ramo, filial branch in Spanish is bifurcar, ramo, ramificar, rama, sucursal branch in Swedish is gran, filial, bransch

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