branch

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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, channel, stream, brook, runlet.

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4. fork, part, furcate, bifurcate, separate, divide, subdivide, bisect; ramify, stem, shoot off, angle off, go off on a tangent.

5. diverge, deviate, devaricate; spread, radiate, fan out.

6. branch out

(all of business activities, pursuits, etc.) expand, extend, enlarge, increase, widen, broaden, develop.