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Branch

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Verb group 8

Fork 84% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fork 84% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ramify 84% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ramify 84% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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Separate 84% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Separate 84% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Narrower term 15

Affluent 76% connected

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

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Bifurcation 76% connected

A forking, or division into two branches.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brachium 76% connected

The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

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Branchlet 76% connected

A little branch; a twig.

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Confluent 76% connected

Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

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Crotch 76% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

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Deadwood 76% connected

A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

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Distributary 76% connected

Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

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Feeder 76% connected

One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

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Fork 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Limb 76% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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Post office 76% connected

See under 4th Post.

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Sprig 76% connected

A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.

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Tributary 76% connected

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peac…

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Manner of action 3

Bifurcate 76% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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Trifurcate 76% connected

Alt. of Trifurcated

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Broader term 14

Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Diverge 76% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Event 76% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Stalk 76% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stem 76% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Upshot 76% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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Derivationally related 6

Branchy 74% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Branchy 74% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ramification 74% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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Ramification 74% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Bark 70% connected

To strip the bark from; to peel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Forking 70% connected

of Fork

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Furcation 70% connected

A branching like a. fork.

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See also 2

Diversify 66% connected

To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

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Diversify 66% connected

To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

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Synonym 12

Arm 92% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fork 92% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Furcate 92% connected

Alt. of Furcated

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Leg 92% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Limb 92% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Offset 92% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Offshoot 92% connected

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outgrowth 92% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramification 92% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramify 92% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subdivision 92% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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