n. 1 offshoot, arm; limb, bough, stem, shoot, twig, sprig The branches of this tree need trimming 2 department, section, subsection, division, subdivision, office, part, ramification; affiliate, subsidiary; spin-off What branch of medicine are you going to specialize in? The company maintains branches in New York and Melbourne
v. 3 ramify, divide, subdivide, diverge; diversify This road branches off in three directions The company will branch out into electronics this year.