branch

Collocations

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1

(noun.) part of a tree

ADJ

top/topmost

low, overhanging

The low branches of the old oak tree scraped against the roof during the storm.

bare, dead

In autumn, the dead branches fell from the tree and scattered across the garden.

2

(noun.) part of a larger organization

ADJ

central, high street, local, overseas, regional

VERB + BRANCH

establish, open, set up

The company established a new branch in the city center last year.

close (down)

BRANCH + NOUN

chairman, manager, member, office, representative, secretary

Definitions

noun

1

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing.

And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

2

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

3

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

branch water

4

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

the branches of a hyperbola

5

A location of an organization with several locations.

Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.

verb

1

To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

2

To produce branches.

The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.

3

To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

4

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

5

To strip of branches.

They cut down a young pear-tree, branch it, and carry it home.

name

1

A surname from Old French.

2

A tiny city in Franklin County, Arkansas.

3

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

4

An unincorporated community in Sweetwater Township, Lake County, Michigan.

5

An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.

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Synonyms

noun — any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

noun — a division of some larger or more complex organization

noun — a natural consequence of development

noun — a part of a forked or branching shape

verb — divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

verb — grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

ramify

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

branch out

To expand in the manner of branches.

The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.

branch off

To diverge into two or more separate paths.

the highest branch is not the safest roost

A coveted position of power does not guarantee safety to the holder.

[…] the highest branch is not the safest roost. So the danger to the Dogras' position also was now the greatest.

fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch

To become extremely unattractive.

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Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſh

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And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lame

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03

the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

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04

The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.

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05

They cut down a young pear-tree, branch it, and carry it home.

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06

His staff were 'not journalists, but Communists', he maintained. Nonetheless, in 1948 his vigorous editorship took the paper's circulation to 120,000 a day. The following year, he was 'branched' by th

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Collocations

(noun.) part of a tree

(noun.) part of a larger organization

Definitions

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

branch out

branch off

the highest branch is not the safest roost

fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch

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