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branch
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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noun
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
“The arm of the record player”
noun
A division of some larger or more complex organization
“A branch of Congress”
noun
A stream or river connected to a larger one
noun
A natural consequence of development
noun
A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
noun
A part of a forked or branching shape
“He broke off one of the branches”
verb
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
“The road forks”
verb
Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
“These plants ramify early and get to be very large”
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The arm of the record player
An arm of the sea
A branch of the sewer
A branch of Congress
Botany is a branch of biology
The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
He broke off one of the branches
The road forks
These plants ramify early and get to be very large
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