branches
BRAN-chiz/ˈbɹænt͡ʃɪz/UKBRAHN-chiz/ˈbɹɑːntʃɪz/
- 1Plural of branch. Use this form when you mean more than one branch.
The old oak's branches stretched right across the yard.
Workers trimmed the branches that hung over the power lines.
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- 2Third-person singular present of branch. Use it with he, she, it, or one named thing.
The river branches into two streams near the village.
The main road branches off just past the bridge.
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branches is a form of branch
branch, noun: A woody part growing from a tree's trunk or another branch, often splitting into smaller parts. Full entry
- Forms
- branchbranches plural
- Spelling
- branch → branches: add -es
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