branch

branch
<lateral>
わかれ 別れ
ブランチ
しぶ 支部
えだ
ぶんかい 分会
ぶんだん 分団
わかれみち 別れ道 <of an institution>
ぶんいん 分院 a branch: <of flowers>
いちだ 一朶
* * *
/brǽn(t)ʃ│brɑ́ːn(t)ʃ/ 〔「枝」から「枝状のもの(支流・支局など)」をさす〕
〖名〗(複~・es/-iz/) 〖C〗
1 (一般に)《◆子孫・友情の象徴; 幹はtrunk, 根はroot》

a dead ~ 枯れ枝. ◇[類] bough((文))花・実などのついた(切取った)大枝/twig, sprig, spray 小枝/shoot 若枝/limb ((文))主要な幹・枝.

◇[語法] 特に区別しない場合は大枝(bough), 小枝(twig)の総称として用いる.
2
a 枝状のもの; 派生した物

the ~ of a deer's antler シカの枝角の1つ.

b [しばしば形容詞的に] (川の)支流(の), 支脈(の); ⇒ =~ line .
3
a ⇒ =~ office .
b (学問などの)部門(section)

a ~ of biology 生物学の一部門.

c (同じ祖先から出た)分家; 〔言〕語派《◆2b, 3aでは反対語はmain, head, trunk》.
4 〔コンピュータ〕ブランチ, 分枝.
〖動〗|自|〈木が〉枝をひろげる(+forth); 〈川・道・鉄道などが〉分れる(+off, away, out); 分岐して〔…に〕なる〔into, to〕.
branch off
[自]
(1) ⇒ |自| .
(2) 〈列車・車が〉〔…から〕支線[わき道に]入る〔from〕.
(3) 〈考えが〉〔…から〕それる〔from〕.
branch out
[自]
(1) ⇒ |自| .
(2) 〈事業・人が〉〔…に〕活動範囲をひろげる〔into〕.
(3) 〈話が〉〔…から〕枝葉にわたる(+away)〔from〕.

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