branch
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
“the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway”
A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
“the branches of a hyperbola”
Verb 4 meanings
To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
To produce branches.
To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
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.
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BRANCH at a glance
BRANCH has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,513 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with branch
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- BRUNCH13
- BLANCH13
- CRANCH13
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