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      branch
      noun
      The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
      Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
      A location of an organization with several locations.
      A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
      An area in business or of knowledge, research.
      (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
      (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
      (rail transport) A branch line.
      (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
      (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
      (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
      (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
      (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
      A surname from Old French.
      A tiny city in Franklin County, Arkansas.
      An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
      An unincorporated community in Sweetwater Township, Lake County, Michigan.
      An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.
      An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
      An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
      A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
      verb
      (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
      (intransitive) To produce branches.
      (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
      (transitive) To strip of branches.
      (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
      (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
      Roots
      brancabranch- · Latin · paw, branch
      Synonyms for branch
      ramifyvfurcatevramificationnoffshootnboughnstirpslimbntwigntrifurcatevsubdivisionnforknarmn
      Words related to branch
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      Where does branch come from?

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