Branch

/bɹæntʃ/

Other words from branch's letters

noun

  1. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
  2. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
  3. A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)
  4. One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
  5. A location of an organization with several locations.
  6. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
  7. A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
  8. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
  9. A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
  10. A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
  11. A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
  12. A branch line.

Synonyms: bough, tillow, twig

verb

  1. To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
  2. To produce branches.
  3. To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
  4. To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
  5. To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

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