branch
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a division of some larger or more complex organization
a branch of Congress
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Sense 2 verb
grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
these plants ramify early and get to be very large
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Sense 3 noun
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
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Sense 4 verb
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
The road forks
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Sense 5 noun
a part of a forked or branching shape
he broke off one of the branches
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Sense 6 noun
a natural consequence of development
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Sense 7 noun
a stream or river connected to a larger one
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Sense 8 noun
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
the arm of the record player
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | post office |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | executive branch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | legislative branch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | judicial branch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | branching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramification |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | branchy |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bark |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stalk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deadwood |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tree branch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprig |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | branch out |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | branching |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | forking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramification |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | branch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | diverge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | arborize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | twig |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trifurcate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | branchy |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | forking |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | subfigure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | brachium |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crotch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | effect |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | stream |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | billabong |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | distributary |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tributary |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |