branch+off
11branch off — Ramify. See branch …
12To branch off — Branch Branch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Branching}.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. [1913 Webster] 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. [1913 Webster] {To branch off},… …
13branch off phrasal — verb (I) 1 if a road, passage, railway etc branches off from another road etc, it separates from it and goes in a different direction (+ from): a passage branching off from the main tunnel 2 to leave a main road (+ from/into): We branched off… …
14branch off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. diverge, separate, part, fork; see divide 1 , veer …
15branch off — fork, divide, ramify …
16branch — [branch, bränch] n. [ME branche < OFr brance < LL branca, a claw, paw] 1. any woody extension growing from the trunk or main stem, or from a main limb, of a tree or shrub 2. anything physically resembling a branch, as a tine of a deer s… …
17Branch — Branch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Branching}.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. [1913 Webster] 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. [1913 Webster] {To branch off}, to form …
18branch out — branch off / branch out [v] extend beyond main part add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread out; concept 756 Ant. lessen, shrink …
19branch — branch1 W2S1 [bra:ntʃ US bræntʃ] n ↑branch, ↑leaves, ↑trunk ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(of a tree)¦ 2¦(of a business/shop/company etc)¦ 3¦(of government)¦ 4¦(of a subject)¦ 5¦(of a family)¦ 6¦(of a river/road etc)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Dat …
20branch — branch1 [ bræntʃ ] noun count *** ▸ 1 part of tree ▸ 2 part of organization ▸ 3 part of area of study ▸ 4 part of family ▸ 5 part of river 1. ) a part of a tree that grows out of its TRUNK (=main stem) with leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on it …
