branch

1. branch (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Example: Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing.

2. branch (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

Example: the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

3. branch (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

Example: branch water

4. branch (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

5. branch (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To produce branches.

Example: The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.

6. branch (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.