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  • 41branch — branchless, adj. branchlike, adj. /branch, brahnch/, n. 1. a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant. 2. a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer s antlers. 3. any member or… …

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  • 42Branch Davidian — ▪ religious organization       an offshoot group of the Davidian Seventh day Adventist (SDA) Church that made headlines on February 28, 1993, when its Mt. Carmel headquarters near Waco, Texas, was raided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and …

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  • 43branch —   Lālā, mana, ohā;    ♦ main branch, manamana nui, kamahele;    ♦ small branch, pa i a a;    ♦ low branch, pulu.    ♦ Stream branch, mana wai.    ♦ Place where a branch divides off, kōkīkī (rare).    ♦ Branch with divine foliage (a chief), mana… …

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  • 44To branch out — 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},… …

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  • 45branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …

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  • 46branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot, twig 2) the judicial branch of government Syn: division, subdivision, section, subsection, department, unit …

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  • 47branch line — noun a railway line connected to a trunk line • Syn: ↑spur track, ↑spur • Hypernyms: ↑line, ↑railway line, ↑rail line • Hyponyms: ↑loop line * * * a rail line …

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  • 48branch — n 1. limb, stem, bough, spray, switch, twig; shoot, sprout, runner, tendril. 2. section, division, subdivision, subgroup, member, affiliate, wing, arm, offshoot; chapter, lodge, post, office, local office, local. 3. tributary, feeder, spring,… …

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  • 49branch — [[t]bræntʃ, brɑntʃ[/t]] n. 1) bot a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant 2) a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer s antlers[/ex] 3) any member or part of a body or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50Off the derech — Sociologically, off the derech OTD (literally, off the path ) is a term used by Orthodox Jews to describe someone who has intentionally stopped practicing the accepted tenets of hi/her branch of orthodoxy frumkeit. The phrase is often applied to… …

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