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1.nounThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
2.nounAny of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree."the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway"
3.nounA creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)
4.nounOne of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance."the branches of a hyperbola"
5.nounA location of an organization with several locations."Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs."
6.nounA 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.nounA local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
8.nounAn area in business or of knowledge, research.
9.nounA certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
10.nounA sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
11.nounA group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
12.nounA branch line.
13.verbTo arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
14.verbTo produce branches.
15.verbTo (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
16.verbTo jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
17.verbTo discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.