The noun branch has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (19) branch, subdivision, arm -- (an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress")
2. (15) branch -- (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
3. (5) branch, leg, ramification -- (a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches")
4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset -- (a natural consequence of development)
5. branch -- (a stream or river connected to a larger one)
6. arm, branch, limb -- (any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer")
Overview of verb branch
The verb branch has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ramify, branch -- (grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large")
2. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate -- (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks")