branch
Forms
- Plural
- branches
- present (v1)
- branch
- past (v2)
- branched
- past participle (v3)
- branched
- present participle
- branching
- 3rd person singular
- branches
Definitions
1.The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
2.A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
3.One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
4.Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
1.To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
2.To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
3.To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
4.To produce branches.
- The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2159
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
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.