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								an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization a branch of Congress
 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
 he broke off one of the branches
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								a natural consequence of development
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								a stream or river connected to a larger one
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								any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
 a branch of the sewer
 
 'branch' - used as a verb
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								grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
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								divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
 
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			| 1. Branch / Plural branches
 2. Branch / Past
 branched
 3. Branch / Third Person
 branches
 4. Branch / Present Participle
 branching
 
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