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Definition: Branch |
BranchNoun1. An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress". 2. A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant. 3. A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork". 4. A natural consequence of development. 5. A stream or river connected to a larger one. 6. Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer". Verb1. Divide into two or more branches; "The road forks". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "branch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Branch 1. |
Aerospace | 1. In an electrical circuit, a portion of a network consisting of one or more two-terminal elements in series.2. The point in a computer program at which the machine will proceed with one of two or more possible routines according to existing conditions and instructions. (references) |
Bible | Branch a symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12). Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity. The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | It betokens, if full of fruit and green leaves, wealth, many delightful hours with friends. If they are dried, sorrowful news of the absent. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Economics | The branch consits of a grouping of units of homogeneous production. The set of activities covered by a branch is identified by reference to a product classification. The branch produces those goods or services specified in the classification and only those products. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A part of a business acting more or less independently so far as the public is concerned, being established in a separate location from the main business and having its own customers. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Education | An area of knowledge that may be considered or studied apart from related areas. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | A place of business which forms a legally dependent part of an investment firm and which provides an investment service for which the investment firm has been authorized. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A line collecting the water from the soil and discharging it into a lateral. Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | The basic unit of union organization of these locals have their own constitution and elect their own officers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | Something that extends from, enters into, or is an offshoot of a main body or source. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Most commonly used for branches of nerves, but applied also to other structures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | Part of a NATO headquarters division responsible for a major functional area. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Tongue-shaped veins, radiating from large intrusive bodies but also from dikes, generally visibly connected with these. A branch of a vein or a dike to which it is attached. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. An underground road or heading driven in coal measures; also, a roadway turned from a level, etc. Syn:branch holeb. A small vein departing from the main lode. CF:main hole. (references) | |
Transportation | The meeting of one road with another road. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A branch is a part of a woody plant such as a tree, shrub, or vine. Branch refers to any woody structural member that is not the central trunk or trunks and which supports the terminal twigs, which in turn support the leaves. Branches may be oriented in any direction from horizontally to vertically, but usually have bark similar to the upper trunk (whereas twigs often have markedly different bark).The term branch is also often used figuratively:
- In a computer program, a conditional jump or departure from the implicit or declared order in which instructions are being executed.
- To select a branch, as in definition #1.
- In software design, a separate line of development, known as a "branch". When you change files on a branch, those changes do not appear on the main trunk or other branches.
- In graph theory, a direct path joining two nodes of a network or graph.
- In a power distribution system, a circuit from a distribution device (power panel) of a lower power handling capability than that of the input circuits to the device.
- Many places have Branch in their names:
- Branch, Arkansas
- Branch County, Michigan
- Branch Township, Michigan
- Branch Township, Pennsylvania
- various places named North Branch
- various places named South Branch
- various places named West Branch
- Drakes Branch, Virginia
- Fall Branch, Tennessee
- Farmers Branch, Texas
- Flowery Branch, Georgia
- Fort Branch, Indiana
- Hamilton Branch, California
- various places named Long Branch
- Plum Branch, South Carolina
- Village of the Branch, New York
- Wells Branch, Texas
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Branch."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Branch is a city located in Franklin County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 357.Geography
Branch is located at 35°18'31" North, 93°57'20" West (35.308482, -93.955690)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 357 people, 141 households, and 106 families residing in the city. The population density is 38.6/km² (100.1/mi²). There are 155 housing units at an average density of 16.8/km² (43.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.08% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 1.68% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 141 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% are married couples living together, 6.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% are non-families. 21.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.53 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 103.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $29,531, and the median income for a family is $33,750. Males have a median income of $21,875 versus $17,266 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,317. 9.9% of the population and 6.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.9% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Branch, Arkansas."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BR | English | Branch register | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BranchSynonyms: arm (n), leg (n), offset (n), offshoot (n), outgrowth (n), subdivision (n), fork (v), ramify (v), separate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
bisection | Separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify. |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
Destruction | Deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle; (render useless); devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate. |
Diffuseness | Verb: be diffuse; Adjective: run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate; launch out, branch out; rant. |
Divergence | Verb: diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse; deviate; part; (separate). |
Failure | Lost, undone, ruined, broken; bankrupt; (not paying); played out; done up, done for; dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe, knocked on the head; destroyed. |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Pacification | Verb: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay; (moderate); reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms. |
Peace offering; olive branch; calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace. | |
Part | Debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part; sarmentum. |
Posterity | Child, son, daughter; butcha; bantling, scion; acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch; off-shoot, off-set; ramification; descendant; heir, heiress; heir-apparent, heir-presumptive; chip off the old block; heredity; rising generation. |
River | Spring, artesian well, fount, fountain; rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet; streamlet, brooklet; branch; runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river; reach, tributary. |
Vegetable | Foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella; spray; leaf. |
Workshop | Noun: workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business; manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory; cabinet, studio; office, branch office bureau, atelier. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Branch |
| English words defined with "branch": branch of knowledge, Branch pilot ♦ executive branch ♦ judicial branch ♦ legislative branch ♦ Olive Branch ♦ Root and branch ♦ To branch off, To branch out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "branch": annulled branch, ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ♦ Branch and Hang, branch coverage testing, branch delay slot, Branch on Chip Box Full, branch point, branch prediction, Branch Target Buffer, branch to Fishkill ♦ MANAGER, BRANCH OPERATION EVALUATION, meningeal branch of ophthalmic artery, multi-way branch ♦ Private Automatic Branch eXchange, Private Branch Exchange. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "branch": Uniramous. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Like monkeys, they are -- won't let go of one branch until they've got hold of the next (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore) 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) Picture a girl who took a nose dive from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat) If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) You fell outta the gay tree, hitting every gay branch on the way down (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Special Branch (1969) Surf at Long Branch (1896) The Branch (2003) Love On a Branch Line (1993) | |
Song Titles | All You Wanted (performing artist: Michelle Branch) Everywhere (performing artist: Michelle Branch) Goodbye To You (performing artist: Michelle Branch) Are You Happy Now? (performing artist: MICHELLE BRANCH) The Game Of Love (performing artist: Santana featuring Michelle Branch) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shows photo of Dr. George Bancroft and other woman scientist working in Metabolism Branch Laboratory. Dr. Bancroft studies how cancer cells transform glycogen into lactic acid. (1931). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shown is a male doctor from the Oncology Branch consulting a female patient. The woman, around 45 years old, is sitting up in bed, wearing a peach robe with an iv in her forearm. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Line graph showing suicide rates by branch of military service--United States, 1990-1999. Credit: CDC. |  | Gold Olive Branch Left on the Moon by Neil Armstrong. Credit: NASA. |
 | A severed branch of Elkhorn coral at the grounding site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Close up of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta, where a coral branch has been previously severed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute's R/V Seward Johnson and JSL sub. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Hydrographer Kim Sampadian of NOS Pacific Hydro Branch working on shoreline verification in RAINIER plot room. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Lichen on tree branch. Credit: John Craig. |  | A bird resting on a branch at the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Fir tree's branch" by Janos Rusiczki Commentary: "Took around late autumn / early winter when the snow is unsure wheter it wants to stay or go..." | "Almond branch" by Attila Bujtas Commentary: "No comment." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Klemin | In the development of no other branch of engineering has scientific work been so intensive or so rapid as in aeronautics. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away. |
Publilius Syrus | You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell. |
Victor Hugo | Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2018 | The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | For the rest, so little do they conceal the reactionary character of their criticism that their chief accusation against the bourgeoisie amounts to this, that under the bourgeois regime a class is being developed, which is destined to cut up root and branch the old order of society. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All German rights in the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railway, including its branch lines together with its subsidiary property of all kinds, stations, shops, fixed and rolling stock, mines, plant and material for the exploitation of the mines, are and remain acquired by Japan, together with all rights and privileges attaching thereto. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | As she said this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a branch of a tree |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had a lodging as the bird has a branch. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then a branch caught on a stump, snagged and held |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The trees have ample room to expand on the water side, and each sends forth its most vigorous branch in that direction |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | At this point, the CDC Special Pathogens Branch was notified. (references) | |
NIH is the research branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (references) | ||
Blood enters the kidneys through arteries that branch inside the kidneys into tiny clusters of looping blood vessels. (references) | ||
Business | The chemical industry is an important branch of Polish economy. (references) | |
The next step would be to open a branch office in Saudi Arabia. (references) | ||
Some foreign manufacturers have even set up an Argentine branch. (references) | ||
Children | Dominican Republic | The Oversight Organization for the Protection of Children, created by the executive branch, is the primary government institution covering issues of child welfare. (references) |
Ghana | In 2000 the Eastern regional branch of the Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association announced that it would offer free apprenticeships to 150 street girls in the Eastern Region to equip them with marketable skills. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Qatar | The state religion is Islam, as interpreted by the conservative Wahhabi order of the Sunni branch. (references) |
Economic History | Taiwan | Limits on branch banking have been lifted. (references) |
Switzerland | A branch does not enjoy limited liability. (references) | |
Lebanon | Citibank will open a second branch in Beirut. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | In 2000 President Paniagua began to reform the judicial branch. (references) |
Panama | The pay issue has caused several district court judges to leave the judicial branch. (references) | |
Tunisia | They argued that the executive branch should not be using the justice system for political trials. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | Citibank has a wholly owned branch in Muscat. (references) |
Peru | Peru is a republic with a dominant executive branch. (references) | |
Poland | Within the legislative branch of the government, the Sejm has preeminent power. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kazakhstan | Nearly all laws passed by Parliament originate in the executive branch. (references) |
Ghana | Parliament still was working to develop effective oversight of the workings of the executive branch. (references) | |
Cambodia | Although growing in influence, the legislature remained weak in comparison with the executive branch. (references) | |
Trade | Ecuador | Citibank and Lloyds TSB Bank operate branch offices in Ecuador. (references) |
France | France provides 169 foreign banks; some have sizeable branch networks. (references) | |
Hungary | Foreign financial institutions can open and operate branch offices in Hungary. (references) | |
Women | Bahrain | Women of either branch may own and inherit property and may represent themselves in all public and legal matters. (references) |
Guatemala | It opened its first branch offices and spent much of its first year resolving personnel, equipment, and organizational issues. (references) | |
Mozambique | In some places, it appears to provide women less protection than family law, and unless a marriage is registered, a woman has no recourse to the judicial branch for enforcement of the rights provided her by the civil codes. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Costa Rica | Delays in processing court rulings are common throughout the judicial branch. (references) |
Moldova | On September 1, the local branch of the NGO La Strada established another hotline. (references) | |
Czech Republic | The CMKOS is a democratically oriented, republic-wide umbrella organization for branch unions. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman. 'Twas a pair of boots that the lady bought, And the salesman laced them tight To a very remarkable height -- Higher, indeed, than I think he ought -- Higher than can be right. For the Bible declares -- but never mind: It is hardly fit To censure freely and fault to find With others for sins that I'm not inclined Myself to commit. Each has his weakness, and though my own Is freedom from every sin, It still were unfair to pitch in, Discharging the first censorious stone. Besides, the truth compels me to say, The boots in question were made that way. As he drew the lace she made a grimace, And blushingly said to him: "This boot, I'm sure, is too high to endure, It hurts my -- hurts my -- limb." The salesman smiled in a manner mild, Like an artless, undesigning child; Then, checking himself, to his face he gave A look as sorrowful as the grave, Though he didn't care two figs For her paints and throes, As he stroked her toes, Remarking with speech and manner just Befitting his calling: "Madam, I trust That it doesn't hurt your twigs." B. Percival Dike |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Your attention seems to be not less due to that particular branch of our trade which belongs to the Mediterranean. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Any seven or nine of the legislative council may be made a quorum, for doing business as a privy council, to advise the governor in the exercise of the executive branch of power, and in all acts of state. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Every branch of labor we see crowned with the most abundant rewards. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | To tax one branch of this home industry for the benefit of another would be unjust. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive branch of the Government. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | To-day the executive branch of the Government is transferred to new keeping. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | On the Presidential Coat of Arms, the American eagle holds in his right talon the olive branch, while in his left he holds a bundle of arrows. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Last year, with very little fanfare the Congress and the executive branch moved in that field. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Rail freight service to many communities has declined as railroads abandon unproductive branch lines. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Now, just imagine what they would do controlled the executive branch, too! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Branch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.06% of the time. "Branch" is used about 5,301 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.06% | 5,198 | 1,886 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.26% | 67 | 40,952 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.34% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.34% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,301 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "branch" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Branch | Last name | 16,000 | 718 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "branch". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Dalmanutha | N/A | Biblical | A branch |
| Saruch | N/A | Biblical | Branch |
| Serug | N/A | Biblical | Branch |
| Ziz | N/A | Biblical | Branch |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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1. Branch, AR (city, FIPS 8440) 2. Branch, LA 3. Branch, MI 4. Branch, MN (city, FIPS 7318) |
Expressions using "branch": a new branch of learning ♦ annulled branch ♦ bank branch ♦ bear Branch ♦ bee Branch ♦ branch and Hang ♦ branch away ♦ branch bank ♦ branch conduit ♦ branch County ♦ branch coverage testing ♦ branch cutoff ♦ branch delay slot ♦ branch department ♦ branch from ♦ Branch herring ♦ branch insignia ♦ branch intercepting sewer ♦ branch knot ♦ branch light ♦ branch line ♦ branch of a river ♦ branch of athletics ♦ branch of candelabrum ♦ branch of hospital ♦ branch of industry ♦ branch of knowledge ♦ branch of river ♦ branch of service ♦ branch off ♦ branch off into ♦ branch office ♦ branch office bureau ♦ branch on Chip Box Full ♦ branch out ♦ Branch pilot ♦ branch pipe ♦ branch point ♦ branch prediction ♦ branch road ♦ branch root ♦ branch staunch ♦ branch store ♦ branch Target Buffer ♦ branch to Fishkill ♦ branch track ♦ branch water ♦ chief of branch ♦ Drakes Branch ♦ Dry Branch ♦ Early Branch ♦ East Branch ♦ executive branch ♦ Fall Branch ♦ Farmers Branch ♦ fir branch ♦ Flowery Branch ♦ Fort Branch ♦ green branch ♦ hold out an olive branch to smb. ♦ hold out the olive branch ♦ Horse Branch ♦ institution branch identifier ♦ institution branch number ♦ James Branch Cabell ♦ judicial branch ♦ legislative branch ♦ Long Branch ♦ meningeal branch of ophthalmic artery ♦ North Branch ♦ old branch ♦ Olive Branch ♦ open a branch ♦ operation branch ♦ operations branch ♦ palm branch ♦ parent branch ♦ Plum Branch ♦ Poplar Branch ♦ prisoner of war branch camp ♦ private Automatic Branch eXchange ♦ private Branch Exchange ♦ private branch exchange allotting ♦ private Manual Branch eXchange ♦ Roaring Branch ♦ root and branch ♦ side branch ♦ South Branch ♦ special branch ♦ Spring Branch ♦ the topmost branch ♦ To branch off ♦ To branch out ♦ to hold out an olive branch ♦ tree branch ♦ unconditional branch ♦ Village of the Branch ♦ Wells Branch ♦ West Branch ♦ West Long Branch. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "branch": branch-adorned, branch-and-bound, branch-based, branch-by-branch, branch-colour, branch-coloured, branch-derived, branch-even, branch-less, branch-like, branch-line, branch-lines, branch-off, branch-office, branch-plant, branch-produced, branch-shaped, branch-sponsored, branch-tusked, branch-tusks. | |
Ending with "branch": non-branch, olive-branch, q-branch, root-and-branch, sub-branch. | |
Containing "branch": Bundle-Branch Block, Root-and-branch men. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "branch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vak (compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), tak (bough), afdeling (compartment, department, detachment, pigeonhole, section, speciality). (various references) | |
Albanian | degë (agency, arm, bough, brushwood, department, discipline, embranchment, fork, knag, limb, offshoot, outgrowth, perch, prong, rame, ramification, specialism, stick). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرع شعبة (division, fork, ramification, section), فرع شجرة (bough, limb, offshoot, twig), فرع (department, fork, offshoot, ramify, section, weave), نهير (gill, streamlet), غصن (bough, crease, crumple, shoot, sprig), تفرع (bisect, divaricate, embranchment, fork, offshoot, ramify, schism, turning), تشعب (bisect, calve, diverge, divergence, fork, offshoot, radiate, ramification, ramify, split, split up), طريق فرعي (bystreet, byway), طرز على شكل أغصان, الشعبة, رافد (creek), شعبة (department, division, ramification, section). (various references) | |
Aymara | pichu. (various references) | |
Basque | adar (bough, horn, limb). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ikkstsiksis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | родова линия (stem), разклонявам се (branch out, divaricate, diverge, fork, furcate, part), разклонение (derivation, embranchment, node, offset, offshoot, prong, ramification, ramus, split, tap), филиал (affiliate, filiation, subsidiary, subsidiary company), клон (affiliate, filiation, office, province, ramus, sector), отрасъл (department, field), отраслов (special, specialized), отдел (bureau, department, division, province, section, shop, side), бранш (department, metier, sector, trade). (various references) | |
Chinese | 部門 (department, division, section), 網點 (node in a network, website), 科 (branch of medicine, division, family, field, subject), 枝 , 支 (division, to draw money, to erect, to raise, to support, to sustain), 分枝 , 分會 , 分支 (Branched, Branches, Branching). (various references) | |
Czech | vìtvit se (branch out, fork), vìtev (bough, limb, spray), rameno (beam, handle, leg, shoulder), poboèka (branch office, offshoot), odvìtví (line, staple), odboèka (digression, diversion, excursion, turnoff), filiálka (affiliated company), dìlit se (share). (various references) | |
Danish | gren (bough), filial (affiliate, affiliation), afdeling (compartment, department, detachment, pigeonhole, section, speciality). (various references) | |
Dutch | tak (bough, compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), aftakking (bough, branching), filiaal (affiliate, affiliation), branche (compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality). (various references) | |
Esperanto | branĉo (bough), filio (affiliate), fako (compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), disbranĉigi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | yrki (compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), rúm (chamber, compartment, department, pigeonhole, room, section, speciality), grein (bough, compartment, department, paragraph, pigeonhole, section, speciality), deild (affiliate, affiliation, compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), úthandil (affiliate, affiliation). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرع (Offshoot, Outgrwth, Sub), منشعب شدن (Fork, Ramify), مشتق شدن (Derive), گل وبوته انداختن , جوانه زدن (Bud, Burgeon, Erupt, Germinate, Grain, Leaf, Nip, Peep, Ratoon, Shoot, Sprit, Sprout, Spurt, Tiller), رشته (Catena, Filament, Ligature, Rank, Reeve, Sequence, Strand, String, Suite, System, Thread, Tissue, Tract, Train), شعبه (Arm, Chapter, Department, Filial, Member, Offshoot, Prong, Substation, Wing), شاخه شاخه جدیدی رفتن , شاخه دراوردن , شاخ (Horn), شدن (Be, Become, Grow, Lapse, Wind), بخش (Borough, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Item, Leg, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone), براه شاخه . (various references) | |
Finnish | oksa (bough, knot, snag, spray, sprig, twig), haara (bough, direction, fork). (various references) | |
French | succursale (bank branch, branch office), branche, rameau, filiale, embranchement (branch line). (various references) | |
Frisian | takke (bough), tûke (bough), fek (compartment, department, pigeonhole, section, speciality), fak (compartment, department, handicraft, occupation, pigeonhole, section, speciality, subject, trade). (various references) | |
