n. 25B6; noun
the branches of a tree : BOUGH, limb, arm, offshoot.
a branch of the river : TRIBUTARY, feeder, side stream.
the judicial branch of government : DIVISION, subdivision, section, subsection, department, sector, part, side, wing.
the corporation's New York branch : OFFICE, bureau, agency; subsidiary, offshoot, satellite.
25B6; verb
the place where the road branches : FORK, bifurcate, divide, subdivide, split.
narrow paths branched off the road : DIVERGE FROM, deviate from, split off from; fan out from, radiate from.
25A0; branch out EXPAND, open up, extend; diversify, broaden one's horizons.