ALL meanings of branch
branch
B b - countable noun branch The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them. 3
- countable noun branch A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places. 3
- countable noun branch A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function. 3
- countable noun branch A branch of a subject is a part or type of it. 3
- countable noun branch A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person. 3
- noun branch a secondary woody stem arising from the trunk or bough of a tree or the main stem of a shrub 3
- noun branch a subdivision of the stem or root of any other plant 3
- noun branch an offshoot or secondary part 3
- noun branch a subdivision or subsidiary section of something larger or more complex 3
- noun branch (as modifier) 3
- noun branch any small stream 3
- noun branch a section of a curve separated from the rest of the curve by discontinuities or special points 3
- noun branch a departure from the normal sequence of programmed instructions into a separate program area 3
- noun branch an alternative route in an atomic or nuclear decay series 3
- verb branch (of a tree or other plant) to produce or possess branches 3
- verb branch (of stems, roots, etc) to grow and diverge (from another part) 3
- verb branch to divide or be divided into subsidiaries or offshoots 3
- verb branch to diverge from the main way, road, topic, etc 3
- noun branch any woody extension growing from the trunk or main stem, or from a main limb, of a tree or shrub 3
- noun branch anything physically resembling a branch, as a tine of a deer's antler 3
- noun branch one of the streams into which a river or large creek may divide, usually near the mouth 3
- noun branch a large tributary flowing into a river 3
- noun branch a small stream flowing usually into a creek 3
- noun branch branch water 3
- noun branch any part or extension of a main body or system 3
- noun branch a division or part of a body of learning 3
- noun branch a division of a family descending from a common ancestor 3
- noun branch a subdivision of a family of languages 3
- noun branch a division or a separately located unit of an organization 3
- noun branch a post-office subdivision outside the community where its main post office is located 3
- noun branch a jump (sense 36), esp. one that selects one of two or more alternative instructions as the next executed 3
- intransitive verb branch to put forth branches; spread in or divide into branches; ramify 3
- intransitive verb branch to come out (from the trunk or stem) as a branch 3
- intransitive verb branch to continue at an instruction in another part of the program by means of a branch (sense 6) branch (sense 6f) 3
- verb transitive branch to separate into branches 3
- verb transitive branch to embroider with a pattern of flowers, foliage, etc. 3
- noun branch tree part 1
- noun branch organization part 1
- noun branch river, road, railway: division, fork 1
- noun branch family, field of study: division 1
- noun branch computer code 1
- noun branch part of deer antler 1
- intransitive verb branch river, family: divide 1
- intransitive verb branch plants: have or produce branches 1
- transitive verb branch divide sth 1
- noun Definition of branch in Technology 1. (mathematics) An edge in a tree. 2. (programming) A jump. 1
- noun branch a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant. 1
- noun branch a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer's antlers. 1
- noun branch any member or part of a body or system; a section or subdivision: the various branches of learning. 1
- noun branch a local operating division of a business, library, or the like. 1