Branch

/bɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ · noun

Meaning

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing..

Definitions by Sense

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. (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
4. (geometry) 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. (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.
8. An area in business or of knowledge, research.

Example Sentences

Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing.

And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

branch water

the branches of a hyperbola

Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.

the English branch of a family

his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock

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Word Forms

• branches
• braunch
• branching
• branched

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