Meaning

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

    Ast, Zweig

    ветвьvetvʹ, ве́ткаvétka, ве́точкаvétočka

    ві́ткаvítka, галу́зьhalúzʹ, галу́зкаhalúzka

  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

    Abzweigung, Ästelung, Zweigung

    ответвле́ниеotvetvlénije, ве́ткаvétka

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

    branch water

    прито́кpritók, руче́йručéj

    a stream or river connected to a larger one

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

    the branches of a hyperbola

  5. A location of an organization with several locations.

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

    Zweigstelle, Filiale

    отделе́ниеotdelénije, филиа́лfiliál

    фі́ліяfílija, філіа́лfiliál, відді́ленняviddílennja

  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

  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.

    прихо́дprixód

  8. An area in business or of knowledge, research.

    Branche, Zweig, Gebiet

    о́трасльótraslʹ, о́бластьóblastʹ

    га́лузьháluzʹ

  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.

Examples

488 sentences
  1. I cut a branch from the tree.

    Я зрізав із дерева гілку. — deniko

    ruЯ срезал с дерева ветку. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe einen Ast vom Baum abgeschnitten. — Tamy

  2. Algebra is a branch of mathematics.

    Алгебра — це розділ математики. — deniko

    ruАлгебра - это раздел математики. — sharptoothed

    deAlgebra ist ein Zweig der Mathematik. — Espi

  3. He held on firmly to the branch.

    Він міцно тримався за гілку. — ascolto

    ruОн крепко держался за ветку. — sharptoothed

    deEr umklammerte den Ast. — Yorwba

  4. Our main branch is in Boston.

  5. Tom got transferred to another branch.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
woody part of a tree arising from the trunk:
location of an organization with several locations:
area in business or of knowledge, research:
Русский
By meaning 6
woody part of a tree arising from the trunk:
part that divides like the branch of a tree:
creek or stream which flows into a larger river:
location of an organization with several locations:
Mormonism: small congregation:
area in business or of knowledge, research:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
woody part of a tree arising from the trunk:
part that divides like the branch of a tree:
location of an organization with several locations:
area in business or of knowledge, research:

Origin

From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late

From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High German pranke, German Pranke (“paw”)), of unknown origin.

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Forms

plural: branches
Singularbranch
Pluralbranches

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • an olive branch
  • olive branch
  • branches off the
  • some branches

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
branch — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto