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branch
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Botanik:
3.   [a] der Ast
4.   [b] der Zweig
5. [2] der Nebenfluss, der Flussarm
6. [3] Bahn, Straße: die Nebenstrecke
7. [4] der Zweig, der Abschnitt
8. [5] Wirtschaft: die Branche, der Zweig
9. Verb:
10. [1] Botanik: Zweige treiben
11. [2] figurativ: sich gabeln
Englisch > Englisch
branch
1. subst. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
2. subst. 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. subst. (in particular) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (In the US, branch is a Southern US term; compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)
4. subst. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
the branches of a hyperbola
5. subst. A location of an organization with several locations.
Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
6. subst. 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. subst. (Mormonism) 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. subst. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
9. subst. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
10. subst. (computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
11. subst. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
12. subst. (rail transport) A branch line.
13. v. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
14. v. (intransitive) To produce branches.
15. v. To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
16. v. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
Deutsch > Englisch
Ast
1. subst. bough, limb, branch

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Beispielsätze

The large chain store created a new branch.      Der große zu einer Handelskette gehörende Laden entwickelte einen neuen Geschäftszweig. I cut a branch from the tree.      Ich habe einen Ast vom Baum abgeschnitten. He cut off a branch from the tree.      Er schnitt einen Ast vom Baum ab. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that treats of human conduct.      Die Ethik ist ein Zweig der Philosophie, der sich mit dem menschlichen Handeln befasst.

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