Found 3 items, similar to Branches.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: branch
agen, bercabang, cabang, dahan, filial
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: branch
branch
n 1: an administrative division of some larger or more complex
organization;
“a branch of Congress” [syn:
subdivision,
arm]
2: a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the
main stem of a plant
3: a part of a forked or branching shape;
“he broke off one of
the branches”;
“they took the south fork” [syn:
fork,
leg,
ramification]
4: a natural consequence of development [syn:
outgrowth,
offshoot,
offset]
5: a stream or river connected to a larger one
6: any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
“the arm
of the record player”;
“an arm of the sea”;
“a branch of
the sewer” [syn:
arm,
limb]
branch
v 1: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;
“these
plants ramify early and get to be very large” [syn:
ramify]
2: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;
“The
road forks” [syn:
ramify,
fork,
furcate,
separate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Branches
Branch
\Branch\, n.; pl.
Branches. [OE. braunche, F. branche,
fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor.
brank branch, bough.]
1. (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main
stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other
plant.
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2. 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.
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Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up.
--W. Irving.
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3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct
article; a section or subdivision; a department.
“Branches of knowledge.” --Prescott.
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It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. --Shak.
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4. (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends
outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the
branches of an hyperbola.
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5. 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.
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His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
--Carew.
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6. (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot,
authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
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Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron, which bear
the bit, the cross chains, and the curb.
Branch herring. See
Alewife.
Root and branch, totally, wholly.
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Syn: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.
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