branch

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Synonyms: blanch, brach, ranch, tranch, cranch, brunch, bronch, branco, bratch, branc, brauch

Antonyms: blanch, brach, ranch, tranch, cranch, brunch, bronch, branco, bratch, branc, brauch

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|tree}} The [[woody]] part of a [[tree]] arising from the [[trunk]] and usually [[dividing]].
2. Any of the parts of something that [[divide]]s like the branch of a tree.
3. {{senseid|en|creek}} {{lb|en|chiefly|Southern US}} A [[creek]] or [[stream]] which flows into a larger river.
4. {{lb|en|geometry}} One of the portions of a [[curve]] that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
5. A [[location]] of an [[organization]] with several locations.
6. {{senseid|en|family descent}} A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
7. {{lb|en|Mormonism}} A local [[congregation]] of the [[LDS]] Church that is not large enough to form a [[ward]]; see [[w:Ward (LDS Church)|Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church]].
8. {{senseid|en|area}} An area in business or of knowledge, research.
9. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[certificate]] given by {{w|Trinity House}} to a [[pilot]] [[qualified]] to take [[navigational]] [[control]] of a [[ship]] in [[British]] [[water]]s.
10. {{lb|en|computing}} A sequence of {{l|en|code}} that is conditionally {{l|en|executed}}.
11. {{lb|en|computing}} A group of related [[file]]s in a [[source control]] [[system]], including for example [[source code]], [[build]] [[script]]s, and [[media]] such as [[image]]s.
12. {{lb|en|rail transport}} A [[branch line]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[arise]] from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce branches.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|computing}} To [[jump]] to a [[different]] [[location]] in a [[program]], especially as the result of a [[conditional]] [[statement]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To strip of branches.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[discipline]] (a [[union]] member) at a branch meeting.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=Old French}}.
2. {{place|en|tiny city|co/Franklin County|s/Arkansas}}.
3. {{place|en|unincorporated community/and/CDP|par/Acadia Parish|s/Louisiana}}.
4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|twp:Suf/Sweetwater|co/Lake County|s/Michigan}}.
5. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Camden County|s/Missouri}}.
6. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Collin County|s/Texas}}.
7. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Manitowoc County|s/Wisconsin}}.
8. {{place|en|town|region/Newfoundland|p/Newfoundland and Labrador|c/Canada}}.

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