Branch
A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. Due to a broad range of species of trees, branches and twigs can be found in many different shapes and sizes.
While branches can be nearly horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, the majority of trees have upwardly diagonal branches.
The term “twig” often refers to a terminus, while “bough” refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk.
Stem (noun)
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
Stem (noun)
A branch of a family.
Stem (noun)
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Stem (noun)
The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
Stem (noun)
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
“the stem of an apple or a cherry”
Stem (noun)
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
Stem (noun)
The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
Stem (noun)
A person’s leg.
Stem (noun)
The penis.
Stem (noun)
A vertical stroke of a letter.
Stem (noun)
A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
Stem (noun)
The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
Stem (noun)
Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
Stem (noun)
A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
Stem (noun)
A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
Stem (noun)
A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
Stem (noun)
alternative form of STEM
Stem (verb)
To remove the stem from.
“to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves”
Stem (verb)
To be caused or derived; to originate.
“The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.”
Stem (verb)
To descend in a family line.
Stem (verb)
To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
Stem (verb)
To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
Stem (verb)
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
Stem (verb)
To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
“to stem a tide”
Stem (verb)
To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
Branch (noun)
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
Branch (noun)
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
“the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway”
Branch (noun)
A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.
Branch (noun)
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
“the branches of a hyperbola”
Branch (noun)
A location of an organization with several locations.
“Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.”
Branch (noun)
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
“the English branch of a family”
Branch (noun)
A local Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
Branch (noun)
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Branch (noun)
A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
Branch (noun)
A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
Branch (noun)
A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
Branch (noun)
A branch line.
Branch (verb)
To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
Branch (verb)
To produce branches.
Branch (verb)
To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
Branch (verb)
To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
Branch (noun)
a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough
“Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple”
Branch (noun)
a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc.
“a branch of the Clinton River”
Branch (noun)
a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function
“he went to work at our Birmingham branch”
Branch (noun)
a conceptual subdivision of a family, subject, group of languages, etc.
“a branch of mathematics called graph theory”
Branch (verb)
(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions
“follow this track south until it branches into two”
Branch (verb)
diverge from the main route or part
“the road branched off at the market town”
Branch (verb)
extend or expand one’s activities or interests in a new direction
“the company is branching out into Europe”
Branch (verb)
(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches
“this rose has a tendency to branch and spread at the top”
“the branching heads of large yellow daisies”