Meaning

• 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. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)

• One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

  "the branches of a hyperbola"

• A location of an organization with several locations.

  "Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs."

• 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"

• A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

• An area in business or of knowledge, research.

• A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

• A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

• A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

• A branch line.

Meaning

• 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.

• To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.