English English Dictionary

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

of Branch

A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

A system of branches.

of Branch

A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

of Branchia

Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.

Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments.

Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.

Fullness of branches.

Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.