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(verb) divide into two or more branches; "The road forks" |
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Synonyms: fork, ramify, separate |
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Related Words: arborise, arborize, bifurcate, diverge, twig |
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(noun) an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress" |
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Synonyms: arm, subdivision |
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Related Words: division, executive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, local post office, post office |
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(noun) a stream or river connected to a larger one |
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Related Words: affluent, distributary, feeder, stream, tributary, watercourse |
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(noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant |
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Related Words: branchlet, sprig, stalk, stem, tree branch, twig |
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(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" |
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Synonyms: fork, leg |
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Related Words: brachium, subfigure |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: arm |
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Related Words: projection, protuberance |
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(noun) a natural consequence of development |
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Synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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