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Branch

/bɹæntʃ/

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

📖 Definitions of "Branch"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

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

  3. 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. 4

    One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

    "the branches of a hyperbola"

verb
  1. 1

    To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

  2. 2

    To produce branches.

  3. 3

    To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

  4. 4

    To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

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