Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

    abzweigen

  2. (intransitive)To produce branches.

    verzweigen

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

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

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

    springen

  5. (transitive)To strip of branches.

  6. (colloquial, transitive)To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

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

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree:
to produce branches:
to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement:

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

branches, branching, branched, branched
Base formbranch · to branch
3rd person singularbranches
Present participlebranching
Past simplebranched
Past participlebranched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybranch
he, she, itbranches

Past simpleLesson

all personsbranched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave branched
he, she, ithas branched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill branch

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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