Branch (hieroglyph) definition

(1) 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"

(2) An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization

"A branch of Congress"

(3) A stream or river connected to a larger one

(4) A natural consequence of development

(5) A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

(6) A part of a forked or branching shape

"He broke off one of the branches"

(7) Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

(8) Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

"These plants ramify early and get to be very large"