What is the meaning of branch?

noun

• A division of some larger or more complex organization.
  • usage: "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
  • synonyms: subdivision, arm
• A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant.
• A part of a forked or branching shape.
  • usage: "he broke off one of the branches"
  • synonyms: leg, ramification
• A natural consequence of development.
  • synonyms: outgrowth, offshoot, offset
• A stream or river connected to a larger one.
• Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.
  • usage: "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
  • synonyms: arm, limb

verb

• Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.
  • usage: "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
  • synonyms: ramify
• Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
  • usage: "The road forks"
  • synonyms: ramify, fork, furcate, separate