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branches 音标拼音: [br'æntʃəz] [br'æntʃɪz] Branch \ Branch\, n.; pl. { Branches}. [ OE. braunche, F. branche, fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. brank branch, bough.] 1. ( Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway. [ 1913 Webster] Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. " Branches of knowledge." -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family. [ 1913 Webster] His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock. -- Carew. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters. [ 1913 Webster] { Branches of a bridle}, two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb. { Branch herring}. See { Alewife}. { Root and branch}, totally, wholly. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig. [ 1913 Webster]
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