1. The act of branching out or dividing into branches
   "The branching of the river created a delta";
   - ramification, fork, forking

1. Resembling the branches of a tree
   "The branching pattern of the river delta was visible from the air"
    
2. Having branches
   "The branching coral formed intricate patterns on the reef";
   - branched, ramose, ramous, ramate

1. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   "The road branches";
   - ramify, fork, furcate, separate
    
2. Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
   "these plants branch early and get to be very large";
   - ramify

Derived forms: branchings

See also: branchy, divergent, diverging, diversify

Type of: diverge, division, grow

Encyclopedia: Branching