Meaning of "branch"

branch •

n.
• • 1. of a tree or a river: sanga
  • 2. a small thorny branch of bamboo: siit
  • 3. a branch of a company: sangay
  • 4. a branch of a road: sangang-daan, sangandaan

v.
• • 1. to divide: magsanga
  • 2. to put out branches as trees: magsanga

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shoot

v.
• • 1. to hit with a bullet: bumaril, makabaril, mabaril, barilin
  • 2. to fire a gun: magpaputok, paputukin, paputukan
  • 3. to take a picture with a camera, photograph: kumuha (kunan) ng larawan

n.
• • the new part growing out, young branch: tubo, sibol, talbos, supling, usbong

break

v.
• • 1. to damage: sumira, masira, sirain
  • 2. to break into pieces, to smash: durugin
  • 3. to be broken into pieces: madurog, magkadurug-durog, mabasag, magkabasag-basag
  • 4. to break in two: mabiyak
  • 5. to break apart, to snap: mabali, baliin
  • 6. to snap (off) as a stick, branch or stalk: mabakli, bakliin
  • 7. to snap, to break as string or wire: malagot, lagutin
  • 8. to break with: makipagkasira, magkasira, makipaghiwalay, maghiwalay

n.
• • 1. a severing of relations: pagkakasira
  • 2. a break, as in a glass: basag, putok, lamat
  • 3. an interruption: tigil, pagkatigil, patlang, pahinga, pagkapahinga

fork

n.
• • 1. a utensil with two or more long points (with which to lift food): tinidor
  • 2. a diverging branch: sanga

v.
• • to divide into forks: magsanga, sumanga

twig

n.
• • a slender shoot of a tree or other plant, very small branch: siit, maliit na sanga

industry

n.
• • 1. any branch of business, trade or manufacture: industriya
  • 2. steady effort: sipag, kasipagan, sikap, pagsisikap, tiyaga pagtitiyaga
  • 3. useful labor: trabaho, gawain, hanapbuhay

bud

n.
• • 1. the beginning of a flower, fruit, etc.: buko
  • 2. a small beginning of a branch or shoot: supang, usbong

v.
• • 1. to bud, to sprout: mamuko, mag-usbong
  • 2. to sprout, such as seedlings: sumibol

snap

v.
• • 1. to make a sudden, quick bite or snatch, to seize suddenly: sumakmal, sakmalin, sumaklot, saklutin, dumaklot, dakluti
  • 2. to speak quickly and sharply: bumulyaw, bulyawan, ibulyaw
  • 3. to make or cause to make a sudden sharp sound: magpalagitik, lumagitik, palagitikin
  • 4. to break suddenly: lumagot (malagot) na bigla, laguting bigla, pumatid (mapatid) na bigla, patiring bigla
  • 5. to take a snap shot: kumuha (kunan) ng larawan

n.
• • 1. a quick, sudden bite or snatch: sakmal, pagsakmal, daklot, pagdaklot, saklot, pagsaklot
  • 2. a quick, sharp sound such as the snap of a dry branch, breaking of a bone, cracking of ones knuckles or joints: lagutok, lagitik

adj.
• • made or done suddenly: biglaan, daglian

leaf

n.
• • a thin, flat, green outgrowth of the branch of a tree: dahon

sanga

n.
• • stem, branch, twig