branch
IPA: brˈæntʃ
noun
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- A surname from Old French.
- A tiny city in Franklin County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Sweetwater Township, Lake County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
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