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branch

/bɹænt͡ʃ/ sustantivo A2

En español: rama, ramal, sucursal, delegación

  1. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
  2. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. · the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway
  3. A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. · branch water
  4. One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance. · the branches of a hyperbola
  5. A location of an organization with several locations. · Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
  6. 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
  7. A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
  8. An area in business or of knowledge, research.

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Of a branch of a plane, with a knife of my own,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 38 · B2
“I’ve seen hatters before,” she said to herself; “the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won’t be raving mad—at least not so mad as it was in March.” As she said this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a branch of a tree.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 47 · B2
“Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,” the Mock Turtle replied; “and then the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 74 · B2

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