Rural Dictionary

branching

Branching- The act of cutting random tree branches from random houses and placing them on people’s doorsteps. Optional: Add a fake love letter with cheesy tree branch joke

Kelsey: Hey i'm bored
Amir: I saw a big tree earlier... wanna go branching?
Kelsey: Yeah! I'll bring the truck!

by aymurrr August 15, 2011

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NOUN;
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1. Part of tree growing from trunk.

2. Botany part of plant stem or root:

3. Something that resembles a branch of a tree in structure, but is NOT a part of a tree.

4. F.e. a store, bank, or other organization that is part of a larger group and is located in a different part of a geographic area from the parent organization.

5. Distinct part of large organization: a subdivision of a large organization, usually with a specialized mission

6. A part of a large area of study.

7. A line of a family that is descended from a common ancestor.

8. Geography tributary stream: a river or stream flowing into another river.

9. Geography creek (mostly used by people from the Southern of the U.S.): a small stream or a creek.

10. Southern U.S. beverages drinking water: drinking water, especially from a clean spring or stream, and used particularly for mixing with bourbon.

11. Comput alternative instruction sequence: a sequence of computer program instructions in a set of alternative sequences that are activated according to specific conditions.

12. MATHAMATICAL part of curve: A distinctive part of a curve that is separated from the rest of the curve, e.g. by discontinuities or extreme points.

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1. To divide somthing into smaller parts, or cause something to do this.

2. To grow branches.

3. To become involved in something new, especially as a way of extending or expanding personal interests or business activities.

4. Tto execute an alternative sequence of computer program instructions as a result of the detection of a specific condition.

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NOUN;
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1. A woody branch (small limb) of a tree that grows out from a larger limb or from the trunk.
2. A subdivision of the stem, root, or flower cluster of a plant.
3. The branches of the stag's antlers.
4. The account is held at the bank's Elm Street branch.
5. Each branch of the military has a distinctive history and reputation.

6. Ethics is a branch of philosophy.
7. F.e. the Peruvian branch of the family.
8. A branch of the Colorado River.
9. A branch runs through our lower pasture.
10. I'd like a branch.
11. A branch of numbers
12. To calculate a branch.

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1. Part of the path branches off toward the river.
2. Branching.
3. The company has branched into the multimedia market.
4. Branching a sequence.

by Jafje August 22, 2007

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Branches

In terms of family, branches are either future generations of a family, or second plus cousins of an existing family.

The girl was Henry XXX's ninth cousin fifteen times removed, that makes them branches of the same family tree.

by Solid Mantis September 3, 2018

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