branch
noun
[ brɑːn(t)ʃ ]
• a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.
• "Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple"
branch
verb
• (of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.
• "follow this track south until it branches into two"
Similar:
fork,
bifurcate,
divide,
subdivide,
split,
separate,
go in different directions,
furcate,
divaricate,
diverge from,
deviate from,
depart from,
turn aside from,
shoot off from,
split off from,
go off at a tangent from,
fan out from,
ray out from,
radiate from,
ramify,
• (of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches.
• "this rose has a tendency to branch and spread at the top"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French branche, from late Latin branca ‘paw’.
