1. branch - Noun
2. branch - Adjective
3. branch - Verb
4. Branch - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPolitics is the entertainment branch of industry. Frank Zappa
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. Yasser Arafat
The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner. Mary McCarthy
A young branch can be straightened, a mature one breaks. Filipino Proverb
The branch that bears the most fruit bends itself thankfully towards the ground. Persian Proverb
Better one hazel grouse in the bag, than ten on the branch. Finnish Proverb