English Dictionary

branch

/bɹɑːntʃ/

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.

I saw a bird perched on a branch.

意味（1）

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

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.

意味（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

意味（3）

(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

branch water

意味（4）

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

the branches of a hyperbola

意味（5）

A location of an organization with several locations.

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

意味（6）

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

the English branch of a family

意味（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.

意味（8）

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.

意味（9）

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

意味（10）

(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

意味（11）

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

意味（12）

(rail transport) A branch line.