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Meanings of branch in English

Russian
ветвь
Portuguese
galho
Catalan
branca
Spanish
rama
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Part of a tree; a shoot axis that develops from an axillary bud meristem or from equal divisions of a meristematic apical cell.

        Related terms
        ветвь
        Portuguese
        broto
        Catalan
        subdivisió
        Spanish
        brazo

        A division of some larger or more complex organization.

              broto
              Russian
              представительство
              Catalan
              dependència
              Spanish
              representación

              Local subdivision of an organization.

                    представительство
                    Portuguese
                    ramificar-se
                    Catalan
                    ramificar-se

                    Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.

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                          ramificar-se
                          Usage of branch in English
                          1
                          Fear may lead euro governments to offer the UK an olive branch.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Four stores in Japan followed, along with a London branch last year.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          The ANC London branch announces a new direction taken in its leadership.
                          The South African
                          4
                          The lower branch became the Brachiopods; the more advanced branch the Molluscs.
                          The Story of Evolution
                          5
                          Nor has he fulfilled a role at a state branch of government.
                          The South African
                          6
                          The PBY buttons control the defensive branch of the country's military power.
                          Level 7
                          7
                          I think we can do better than a tree branch,' he said.
                          The World According to Bob
                          8
                          Several months later, you can see the fruit clustered along the branch.
                          Wired
                          9
                          Their light forms glimmered in the branch shadows of the budding quince.
                          The Mormon Prophet
                          10
                          Porat attributed the increase to integration costs, including branch consolidation and advertising.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          On Thursday, police searched the Moscow offices of Open Russia's Russian branch.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          The Loftus branch of the family are in possession of the Hall.
                          True Irish Ghost Stories
                          13
                          I hope the skinny branch is strong enough to hold my weight.
                          Angelfall
                          14
                          He chose the loftiest branch of the loftiest oak in the forest.
                          "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
                          15
                          The time has come for a root-and-branch revolution of the LGBT experience.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          It joins the Zamoskvoretskaya branch and the Red Line,' said the commander.
                          Metro 2033
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