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branch

noun
/bɹɑːnt͡ʃ/UK/bɹænt͡ʃ/US/ˈbɹænt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂. If so, then Indo-European cognates include Old Norse rá, vró (“angle, corner”), and possibly Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”). The verb is from Middle English braunchen, from the noun.

  1. inherited from braunchen
  2. derived from *vranca✻
  3. derived from branca — “footprint”, later also “paw, claw”
  4. derived from branche
  5. inherited from branche

Definitions

  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.
    • And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

  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. A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

    • branch water
  4. ›+ 24 more definitions

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

      • the branches of a hyperbola

    2. A location of an organization with several locations.

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

    3. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock

      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
      • his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock
      • The gens could admit a new cognomen either for an individual or for a whole branch […]

    4. A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward

      A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

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

    6. A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of…

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

    7. A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

    8. A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code,…

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

    9. A branch line.

    10. A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.

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

    12. To produce branches.

      • The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.

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

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

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

    15. To strip of branches.

      • They cut down a young pear-tree, branch it, and carry it home.

    16. To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

    17. A surname from Old French.

    18. A tiny city in Franklin County, Arkansas.

    19. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

    20. An unincorporated community in Sweetwater Township, Lake County, Michigan.

    21. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.

    22. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.

    23. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

    24. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The neighborhood

Derived

branched, branchery, branchful, branchless, branchlet, branchlike, branchling, branchwise, branchwork, branchy, The Branch, Branch County

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at branch. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at branch. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at branch

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA