Definitions for branch

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branch branch

Spelling: [branch, brahnch]

IPA: /bræntʃ, brɑntʃ/

Branch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in branch (abchnr).

Definitions for branch

noun

1. a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
2. a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem:
3. any member or part of a body or system; a section or subdivision:
4. a local operating division of a business, library, or the like.
5. a line of family descent stemming from a particular ancestor, as distinguished from some other line or lines from the same stock; a division of a family.
6. a tributary stream or any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.
7. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. branch water (def 2).
8. Linguistics. (in the classification of related languages within a family) a category of a lower order than a subfamily and of a higher order than a subbranch or a group, as the Germanic branch of Indo-European. Compare group (def 4a).
9. Computers. a point in a computer program where the computer selects one of two or more instructions to execute, according to some criterion.
10. Nautical. a warrant or license permitting a pilot to navigate in certain waters.

Verb phrases

1. branch out, to expand or extend, as business activities, pursuits, interests, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to divide into branches or sections.
2. to adorn with needlework; decorate with embroidery, as in textile fabrics.

verb (used without object)

1. to put forth branches; spread in branches.
2. to divide into separate parts or subdivisions; diverge:
3. to expand or extend, as business activities:

Origin of branch

1250-1300; Middle English bra(u)nche Anglo-French; Old French branche Late Latin branca paw, of uncertain origin

Examples for branch

But at 45, branch died of a reported suicide, leaving behind family, friends and a legacy that goes beyond the beauty industry.

His case was sent to branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Salavati.

branch helped women feel beautiful by encouraging them to embrace their natural selves as she had.

branch grew up in Queens, NY, the daughter of an African American man and a Japanese woman.

At this moment, the note of a bird sounded from the branch of a neighboring tree.

Lieutenant Ford was wounded and a branch of an artery was cut.

In other words, the Supreme Court has defined democracy as a branch of capitalism, right up to the point of actual vote-buying.

Caricature, by the way, is a branch of Georgian Art which M. Rouquet neglects.

Just as he dropped a branch down at her feet, she caught the sound of wheels.

Accordingly, Jason took the branch at its word, and lopped it off the tree.