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  Branch
     a symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3,
     10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a
     branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the
     "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the
     Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12).
     
       Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The
     branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated
     in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e.,
     the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of
     Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity.
     
       The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has
     been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3
     represents Jehoiakim the king.
     

  branch
       
          1.  An edge in a tree.
       
          2.  A jump.
       
          (1998-11-14)
       
       

  Branch, AR (city, FIPS 8440)
    Location: 35.30606 N, 93.95626 W
    Population (1990): 299 (132 housing units)
    Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72928
  Branch, LA
    Zip code(s): 70516
  Branch, MI
    Zip code(s): 49402
  Branch, MN (city, FIPS 7318)
    Location: 45.51459 N, 92.95757 W
    Population (1990): 2400 (720 housing units)
    Area: 88.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up.
                                                    --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct
        article; a section or subdivision; a department.
        ``Branches of knowledge.'' --Prescott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
                                                    --Carew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

  Branch \Branch\, a.
     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.
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  Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Branched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Branching.]
     1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
        to ramify.
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     2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
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     To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to
        diverge.
  
     To branch out, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
        discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
        enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
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              To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.
        [1913 Webster]

  Branch \Branch\, v. t.
     1. To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division
        in.
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     2. To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers,
        or twigs.
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              The train whereof loose far behind her strayed,
              Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought.
                                                    --Spenser.
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  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.
  
     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.
  
              Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up.
                                                    --W. Irving.
  
     3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct
        article; a section or subdivision; a department.
        ``Branches of knowledge.'' --Prescott.
  
              It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. --Shak.
  
     4. (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends
        outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the
        branches of an hyperbola.
  
     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.
  
              His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock.
                                                    --Carew.
  
     6. (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot,
        authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
  
     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.
  
     Syn: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.

  Branch \Branch\, v. t.
     1. To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division
        in.
  
     2. To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers,
        or twigs.
  
              The train whereof loose far behind her strayed,
              Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought.
                                                    --Spenser.

  Branch \Branch\, a.
     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.

  Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Branched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Branching.]
     1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
        to ramify.
  
     2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
  
     To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to
        diverge.
  
     To branch out, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
        discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
        enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
  
              To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.

  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]
       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]

  branch
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 κλαδί
     2 κλάδος
     3 υποκατάστημα
     4 (ετ πληροφ en) κλάδος ή διακλάδωση σε εκτελέσιμο κώδικα
     5 (ετ πληροφ en) κλάδος ή διακλάδωση σε σύστημα ελέγχου εκδόσεων
  (version control system)

  branch
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm braunche)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm braunchen)
     n.
     1 (senseid en tree) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk
  and usually dividing.
     2 Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a
  tree.
     3 (senseid en creek) (lb en chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream
  which flows into a larger river.
     4 (lb en geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends
  outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
     5 A location of an organization with several locations.
     6 (senseid en family descent) A line of family descent, in
  distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any
  descendant in such a line.
     7 (lb en Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is
  not large enough to form a ward; see
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20(LDS%20Church).
     8 (senseid en area) An area in business or of knowledge, research.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of
  a tree.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To produce branches.

  Branch
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old French).
     2 (place en tiny city co/Franklin County s/Arkansas).
     3 (place en unincorporated community/and/CDP par/Acadia Parish
  s/Louisiana).
     4 (place en unincorporated community twp/Sweetwater Township co/Lake
  County s/Michigan).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Camden County s/Missouri).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Collin County s/Texas).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/Manitowoc County
  s/Wisconsin).
     8 (place en town region/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador
  c/Canada).

  branch
     n.
     1 (senseid en tree) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk
  and usually dividing.
     2 Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a
  tree.
     3 (senseid en creek) (lb en chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream
  which flows into a larger river.
     4 (lb en geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends
  outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
     5 A location of an organization with several locations.
     6 (senseid en family descent) A line of family descent, in
  distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any
  descendant in such a line.
     7 (lb en Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is
  not large enough to form a ward; see
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20(LDS%20Church).
     8 (senseid en area) An area in business or of knowledge, research.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of
  a tree.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To produce branches.

  Branch
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old French).
     2 (place en tiny city co/Franklin County s/Arkansas).
     3 (place en unincorporated community/and/CDP par/Acadia Parish
  s/Louisiana).
     4 (place en unincorporated community twp/Sweetwater Township co/Lake
  County s/Michigan).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Camden County s/Missouri).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Collin County s/Texas).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/Manitowoc County
  s/Wisconsin).
     8 (place en town region/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador
  c/Canada).

  branch
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm braunche)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm braunchen)
     n.
     1 (senseid en tree) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk
  and usually dividing.
     2 Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a
  tree.
     3 (senseid en creek) (lb en chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream
  which flows into a larger river.
     4 (lb en geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends
  outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
     5 A location of an organization with several locations.
     6 (senseid en family descent) A line of family descent, in
  distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any
  descendant in such a line.
     7 (lb en Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is
  not large enough to form a ward; see
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20(LDS%20Church).
     8 (senseid en area) An area in business or of knowledge, research.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of
  a tree.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To produce branches.

  Branch
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old French).
     2 (place en tiny city co/Franklin County s/Arkansas).
     3 (place en unincorporated community/and/CDP par/Acadia Parish
  s/Louisiana).
     4 (place en unincorporated community twp/Sweetwater Township co/Lake
  County s/Michigan).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Camden County s/Missouri).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Collin County s/Texas).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/Manitowoc County
  s/Wisconsin).
     8 (place en town region/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador
  c/Canada).

  branch
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm braunche)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm braunchen)
     n.
     1 (senseid en tree) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk
  and usually dividing.
     2 Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a
  tree.
     3 (senseid en creek) (lb en chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream
  which flows into a larger river.
     4 (lb en geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends
  outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
     5 A location of an organization with several locations.
     6 (senseid en family descent) A line of family descent, in
  distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any
  descendant in such a line.
     7 (lb en Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is
  not large enough to form a ward; see
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20(LDS%20Church).
     8 (senseid en area) An area in business or of knowledge, research.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of
  a tree.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To produce branches.

  Branch
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old French).
     2 (place en tiny city co/Franklin County s/Arkansas).
     3 (place en unincorporated community/and/CDP par/Acadia Parish
  s/Louisiana).
     4 (place en unincorporated community twp/Sweetwater Township co/Lake
  County s/Michigan).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Camden County s/Missouri).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Collin County s/Texas).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/Manitowoc County
  s/Wisconsin).
     8 (place en town region/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador
  c/Canada).

  branch
     Englanti n.
     1 oksa
     2 haara
     3 filiaali, sivuliike: pankkikonttori tms.
     Englanti vb.
     1 haarautua
     2 haaroittua

  branch
     Engelska n.
     1 gren, trädgren, kvist
     2 (tagg järnväg språk=en) grenbana, sidobana
     3 filial
     Engelska vb.
     förgrena (sig)

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  1. tak
  2. aftak
  3. afdeling, vak

  Branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  الفرع

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. о́бласт
  area in business or of knowledge, research
  2. клон, филиа́л
  location of an organization with several locations
  3. разклоне́ние
  part that divides like the branch of a tree
  4. клон, ве́йка, кло́нче
  woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. разклонявам се 2.
  to arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree
   3.
  to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement
  2. пускам клони
  to produce branches

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  obor

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  filiálka

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  odvětví

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  větvit

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  pobočka

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  větev

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  filiálka

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  odbor

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  odbočka

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  oddělení

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  canghennu 

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  cangen 

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Abzweigung , Abzweig…

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Außenstelle  [adm.]
     Synonyms: field office, branch office
  
   see: field offices, branch offices, branches
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Branche , Abteilung 
   see: branches
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Expositur 

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Fachgebiet , Disziplin 
     Synonym: discipline
  
   see: disciplines, branches, main discipline, key discipline, subdiscipline
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Filiale , Zweiggeschäft , Zweigstelle 
     Synonym: branch office
  
   see: branch offices, branches, post office
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Sparte 
     Synonyms: area, field, division
  
   see: areas, fields, branches, divisions
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Sprung  [comp.]
     Synonym: jump
  
   see: unconditional branch, unconditional jump
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Teilgebiet 
   see: branches
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Verzweigung  [comp.]
     Synonyms: branching, jump, transfer
  
   see: conditional branch, unconditional branch, wild branch
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Zerfallsanteil , Zweig 
           Note: Kerntechnik
           Note: nuclear engineering

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Zweig , Ast  [bot.]
   see: branches, pine branches, branch deformation
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Zweig  [electr.]
           Note: eines Leitungsnetzes
   see: conjugate branches
  
           Note: of a supply network

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Zweigniederlassung , Zweigstelle  [econ.]
        "branches of foreign companies"  - Zweigniederlassungen ausländischer Unternehmen
        "set up / discontinue a branch office"  - eine Zweigstelle errichten/schließen/auflassen
     Synonyms: branch establishment, branch office
  
   see: branch establishments, branch offices, branches
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  sich gabeln 
   see: branching, branched
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  springen, verzweigen  [comp.]
   see: branching, branched
  

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  Zweigbetrieb  [econ.]

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  zuführen  [min.]
           Note: Fördergutströme
           Note: off

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  
  κλαδί, κλάδος, υποκατάστημα

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. ala, toimiala
  area in business or of knowledge, research
  2. haara 2.
  computer architecture: conditional sequence of code
   3.
  geometry: one of the portions of a curve that extends to infinity
  3. sivujoki
  creek or stream which flows into a larger river
  4. sukuhaara
  line of family descent
  5. haarakonttori, haaraliike, haaraosasto, sivukonttori, toimipaikka
  location of an organization with several locations
  6. luotsikirja
  nautical: pilot's certificate
  7. haara, hanka, oksanhaara, puunhaara
  part that divides like the branch of a tree
  8. oksa, varpu, vitsa
  woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. haarautua
  to arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree
  2. jakaa, osittaa
  to divide into separate parts or subdivisions
  3. haaraantua, haarautua 2.
  to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement
   3.
  to produce branches

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  1. branche
  2. domaine, spécialité
  3. filiale, succursale

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  brainse, craobh, gabhal, gasra

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  1. शाखा
        "A branch of Congress"
        "He broke off one of the branches"

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/ 
  1. विभाजित~होना
        "This road branches off into three lanes after two kilometers."

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  ekspozitura, faza, grana, grananje, granati, granati se, grane, granu, ispostava, odvod, ogranak, ogranak poduzeća, podružnica, račvasti se, račvati se, skok, skretnica

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  1. szár
  2. csô szája
  3. elágazócsô
  4. ramus
  5. kar
  6. faág
  7. elágazás
  8. fiókboltív
  9. vasúti mellékvonal
  10. vezetékág
  11. fázis
  12. ág
  13. üzletág
  14. csô vége
  15. patak
  16. fióküzlet
  17. filiálé
  18. leágazócsô
  19. mellékvonal
  20. ágazat
  21. szárnyvonal
  22. fegyvernem

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. cabang
  2. dahan, batang
  woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  ramo

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. 支店, 支社, 分局, 支局, 部門
  location of an organization with several locations
  2. 枝
  woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  分岐する
  to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  ramus, virga

  branch /bræntʃ/
  1. šaka
  2. skyrius
  3. atšaka
  4. šakotis

  branch /brɑ:nʧ/ 
   1.  konar
   2.  gałąź
   3.  filia, oddział
   4.  władza

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  1. galho, ramo
  2. desgalhar
  3. compartimento, especialidade, secção
  4. filial, sucursal

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  1. ramificație
  2. filială

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  rama

  branch /brɑːntʃ/
  грана

  branch //bɹænt͡ʃ// //bɹɑːntʃ// //bɹɑːnʃ// 
  1. gren, område
  area in business or of knowledge, research
  2. filial, branschkontor
  location of an organization with several locations
  3. gren
  woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

  branch /bɹˈantʃ/
  1. dal, kol, şube, bölüm
  2. akarsu kolu:  dal budak salmak
  3. kollara ayrılmak, şubelere ayrılmak
  4. bölmek, ayırmak
  5. elişi ile süslemek. branch off ikiye ayrılmak
  6. konu dışına çıkmak. branch out geniş1emek, yayılmak, dal budak salmak. root and branch baştan başa, tamamen. brartchleti  ufak dal. branchy  dallı budaklı.

  
/ˈbɹæntʃ/

  BRANCH. This is a metaphorical expression, which designates, in the 
  genealogy of a numerous family, a portion of that family which has sprang 
  from the same root or stock; these latter expressions, like the first, are 
  also metaphorical. 
       2. The whole of a genealogy is often called the genealogical tree; and 
  sometimes it is made to take the form of a tree, which is in the first place 
  divided into as many branches as there are children, afterwards into as many 
  branches as there are grand-children, then of great grandchildren, &c. If, 
  for example, it be desired to have a genealogical tree of Peter's family, 
  Peter will be made the trunk of the tree; if he has had two children, John 
  and James, their names will be written on the first two branches; which will 
  themselves shoot out as many smaller branches as John and James have 
  children; from these other's proceed, till the whole family is represented 
  on the tree; thus the origin, the application, and the use of the word 
  branch in genealogy will be at once perceived. 
  
  

  Branch -- U.S. County in Michigan
     Population (2000):    45787
     Housing Units (2000): 19822
     Land area (2000):     507.412060 sq. miles (1314.191146 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    12.078135 sq. miles (31.282225 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    519.490195 sq. miles (1345.473371 sq. km)
     Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
     Location:             41.926246 N, 85.051147 W
     Headwords:
      Branch
      Branch, MI
      Branch County
      Branch County, MI
  

  Branch, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    357
     Housing Units (2000): 155
     Land area (2000):     3.565727 sq. miles (9.235191 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.001730 sq. miles (0.004480 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.567457 sq. miles (9.239671 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            08440
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             35.308482 N, 93.955690 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     72928
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Branch, AR
      Branch
  

  351 Moby Thesaurus words for "branch":
     L, V, adolescent stream, affiliate, affiliation, affluent, angle,
     angle off, apparentation, appendage, arm, arroyo, bayou, bear off,
     beck, bend, bifurcate, billabong, bine, biotype, birth, bisect,
     blood, bloodline, body, booking office, bough, bourn, box office,
     bracket, braided stream, branch off, branch office, branch out,
     branchedness, branchiness, breed, brook, brooklet, burgeon, burn,
     by two, cabinet, cable railway, caste, category, chambers,
     chancellery, chancery, change the bearing, channel, chapter,
     church, clan, class, cleave, closet, cog railway, common ancestry,
     communion, community, confluent, confluent stream, consanguinity,
     consulate, corporate headquarters, crank, creek, crick, crook,
     crotch, crutch, curve, cut in two, deadwood, delta, den,
     dendritic drainage pattern, denomination, depart from, department,
     deploy, derivation, descent, detour, deviate, dichotomize, digress,
     dimidiate, direct line, disperse, distaff side, divagate,
     divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, division, effluent, el,
     elbow, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment,
     embassy, estate, executive office, expand, extend, extraction,
     faction, family, fan, fan out, feeder, feeder line, fellowship,
     female line, filiation, fission, flagellum, flare, flowing stream,
     fluviation, fork, fresh, freshet, frond, furcate, furcula,
     furculum, genotype, genus, gill, grade, gravity-operated railway,
     groin, group, grouping, halve, hand, head, heading, headquarters,
     heel, home office, hook, horse railway, house, imp, in half,
     inguen, joint, junction, kill, kin, kingdom, label, lazy stream,
     leg, legation, level, light railroad, limb, line, line of descent,
     lineage, link, lobe, lobule, local, lodge, main line, main office,
     male line, meandering stream, member, metro, midchannel, midstream,
     millstream, monorail, moving road, navigable river, office, offset,
     offshoot, open, open up, order, organ, organization, outspread,
     outstretch, overgrow, overrun, part, party, persuasion, phylum,
     pigeonhole, pinion, position, post, predicament, prong, race,
     racing stream, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail,
     rail line, railroad, railway, ramage, ramification, ramify, rank,
     rating, religious order, river, rivulet, roadbed, roadway, rubric,
     run, rundle, runlet, runnel, runner, sarment, schism, school,
     scion, sect, sectarism, section, seed, segment, sept, series,
     service, set, sheer, shift, shoot, shop, side, sidetrack, siding,
     sike, slip, society, spear, spear side, species, spill stream,
     spin-off, spindle side, splay, split in two, spraddle, sprangle,
     sprawl, spray, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, sprig,
     sprit, sprout, spur, station, status, stem, stirps, stock, stolon,
     strain, stratum, stream, stream action, streamlet, street railway,
     streetcar line, study, subclass, subdivide, subdivision, subfamily,
     subgenus, subgroup, subkingdom, suborder, subsidiary, subspecies,
     subterranean river, subtribe, subway, succession, sucker,
     superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, swerve, switch,
     switchback, sword side, tack, tail, tendril, terminal, terminus,
     thallus, ticket office, title, track, tram, tramline, transect,
     trend, trestle, tribe, tributary, trident, trifurcate,
     trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turn, turn aside, turnout,
     twig, underground, unfold, variety, vary, veer, version, wadi,
     watercourse, waterway, widen, wing, wishbone, zag, zig, zigzag
  
  

  n. 树枝,支店;
  v. 分枝;

     vi. 分支,出枝
     vt. 分割,用枝叶装饰
     n. 分支
     n. 树枝,支店,支流,分部,部门