Synonym: divide, expand, spread. Antonym: trunk. Similar words: ranch, franchise, brand, brand new, rancor, entrance, tolerance, insurance. Meaning: [brɑːntʃ] 
n. 1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization 2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant 3. a part of a forked or branching shape 4. a natural consequence of development 5. a stream or river connected to a larger one 6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. v. 1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures 2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
n. 1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization 2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant 3. a part of a forked or branching shape 4. a natural consequence of development 5. a stream or river connected to a larger one 6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. v. 1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures 2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. 
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31. The branch of a tree knocked one of the horsewomen senseless.
32. When that branch fell on my head, I saw stars for several seconds.
33. The two halves of the main branch have grown apart.
34. The branch she was standing on must have snapped off.
35. The branch suddenly snapped.
36. He struck off the branch with a single chop of the ax.
37. The fire prevention branch inspects factories and all sorts of public buildings.
38. She gave an agonized cry as they lifted the fallen branch from her leg.
39. She climbed downwards to a lower branch of the tree.
40. The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.
41. A rotting branch protruded from the swamp like a ghostly arm.
42. We used the branch of an old tree as a seat.
43. The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.
44. Clarke also offered an olive branch to critics in his party.
45. The biggest branch has grown away from the trunk in a strange twisted shape.
46. She tried to saw off a dead branch from a tree.
47. The branch snapped off under the weight of the snow.
48. The firm has decided to close its London branch.
49. I sawed the branch away.
50. The bank has plan to branch throughout the country.
51. There is fierce competition to join the Special Branch.
52. Every branch of expenditure was provincialized.
53. The branch came down with a crash.
54. The bird perched on a big branch.
55. He has been transferred to anther branch.
56. Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.
57. The branch bent but did not break.
58. He rived a branch away from the tree.
59. Immunology is a branch of biological science.
60. He chopped a branch off the tree.