Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 75
Brahmo-somaj (n.) A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos. [Written also Brama-samaj.]
Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.
A braid of hair composed of two different colors twined together. -- Scott.
Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
Braided (imp. &. p. p.) of Braid.
Braiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braid.
Braid (v. t.) To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
Braid your locks with rosy twine. -- Milton.
Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
Braid (v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. -- Shak.
Braid (n.) A quick motion; a start. [Obs.] -- Sackville.
Braid (n.) A fancy; freak; caprice. [Obs.] -- R. Hyrde.
Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Braid (a.) Deceitful. [Obs.]
Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid. -- Shak.
Braid (n.) A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist].
Braid (n.) Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains [syn: braid, gold braid, braiding].
Braid (v.) Make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" [syn: braid, lace, plait].
Braid (v.) Decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar."
Braid (v.) Form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" [syn: braid, pleach] [ant: unbraid].
Braiding (n.) The act of making or using braids.
Braiding (n.) Braids, collectively; trimming.
A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. -- Thackeray.
Braiding (n.) Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains [syn: braid, gold braid, braiding].
Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
Brail (n.) (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
Brail (n.) pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
Brail (n.) A small net used to draw fish into a boat.
Brail (n.) A small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in.
Brail (v.) Take in a sail with a brail.
Brail (v.) Haul fish aboard with brails.
Brain (n.) (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii.
Brain (n.) (Zool.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding; as, use your brains. " My brain is too dull." -- Sir W. Scott.
Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
Brain (n.) The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] -- Shak.
Brain (n.) A very intelligent person. [informal]
Brain (n.) The controlling electronic mechanism for a robot, guided missile, computer, or other device exhibiting some degree of self-regulation. [informal]
To have on the brain, To have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low]
No-brainer A decision requiring little or no thought; an obvious choice. [slang]
Brain box or Brain case, The bony or cartilaginous case inclosing the brain.
Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zool.), A massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera M[ae]andrina and Diploria.
Brain fag (Med.), Brain weariness. See Cerebropathy.
Brain fever (Med.), Fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.
Brain sand, Calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
Brained (imp. & p. p.) of Brain.
Braining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brain.
Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
There thou mayst brain him. -- Shak.
It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That brained my purpose. -- Shak.
Brain (v. t.) To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
'T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen Tongue, and brain not. -- Shak.
Brain (n.) That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon].
Brain (n.) Mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit].
Brain (n.) That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous].
Brain (n.) Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein].
Brain (n.) The brain of certain animals used as meat.
Brain (v.) Hit on the head.
Brain (v.) Kill by smashing someone's skull.
BRAIN, () Berlin Research Area Information Network (network).
BRAIN, () Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (USA).
BRAIN, () Broadband Radio Access for IP-based Networks.
Brain (n.) An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to _be_ something from the man who wishes to _do_ something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly such a headful of brain that his neighbors cannot keep their hats on. In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Brained (p. a.) Supplied with brains.
If th' other two be brained like us. -- Shak.
Brainiac (n.) 聰明而勤奮的人 Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein].
Brainish (a.) Hot-headed; furious. [R.] -- Shak.
Brainish (a.) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish].
Brainless (a.) Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.
Brainless (a.) Not using intelligence [syn: brainless, headless].
Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
Brainpan (n.) The part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: cranium, braincase, brainpan].
Brainsick (a.) Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
Brainsick (a.) Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged].
Brainsickly (adv.) In a brainsick manner.
Brainstorm (n.) 集體研討；集思廣益；計上心頭，靈機一動；突來的靈感；【醫】腦病發作；突然精神錯亂；（突發的）精神錯亂；【口】突然想到的主意；靈機一動，妙主意 The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a sudden brilliant insight.
Syn: insight, brainwave.
Brainstorm (v.i. & v.t.) (v. i.) 進行頭腦風暴；獻計獻策 To try to solve a problem by discussing it exhaustively in an intense group meeting encouraging uninhibited and spontaneous contributions from all members.
Syn: practice brainstorming.
Brainstorm (n.) The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation [syn: {insight}, {brainstorm}, {brainwave}].
Brainstorm (v.) Try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it.
Brainy (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind. [Colloq.]
Brainy (a.) Highly intelligent. Braise
Brainy (a.) Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip].
Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize.
Braize (n.) (Zool.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written brazier.] Braise
Braise, Braize (n.) [F.] Charcoal powder; breeze.
Braise, Braize (n.) [F.] (Cookery) Braised meat.
Braise (v. t.) (Cookery) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.
A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. -- Mrs. Henderson.
Braise (v.) Cook in liquid; "braise beef."
Braiser (n.) A kettle or pan for braising.
Brait (n.) A rough diamond.
Braize (n.) See Braise.
Braise, Braize (n.) (Zool.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written brazier.] Braise
Braise, Braize (n.) [F.] Charcoal powder; breeze.
Braise, Braize (n.) [F.] (Cookery) Braised meat.
Braise (v. t.) (Cookery) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.
A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. -- Mrs. Henderson.
Braise (v.) Cook in liquid; "braise beef."
Brake () imp. of Break. [Arhaic] -- Tennyson.
Brake (n.) (Bot.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain. -- Shak.
He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. -- Sir W. Scott.
Cane brake, A thicket of canes. See Canebrake.
Brake (n.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Brake (n.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
Brake (n.) A baker's kneading though. -- Johnson.
Brake (n.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. -- Gascoigne.
Brake (n.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. -- J. Brende.
Brake (n.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
Brake (n.) (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Brake (n.) (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
Brake (n.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
Brake (n.) (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
Brake (n.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
Brake (n.) An ancient instrument of torture. -- Holinshed.
Air brake. See Air brake, in the Vocabulary.
Brake beam or Brake bar, The beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels.
Brake block. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe.
Brake block. (b) A brake shoe.
Brake shoe or Brake rubber, The part of a brake against which the wheel rubs.
Brake wheel, A wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated.
Continuous brake . See under Continuous.
Brake (n.) A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
Brake (n.) Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
Brake (n.) Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum].
Brake (n.) An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.
Brake (n.) Anything that slows or hinders a process; "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending."
Brake (v.) Stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road."
Brake (v.) Cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve."
Brakemen (n. pl. ) of Brakeman.
Brakeman (n.) (Railroads) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Brakeman (n.) (Mining) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
Brakeman (n.) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.
In the woods and braky glens. -- W. Browne.
Braky (a.) Covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth [syn: braky, brambly].
Braky (a.) Abounding with bracken; "the woods and braky glens" -- William Browne
Brama (n.) See Brahma.
Brama (n.) Type genus of the Bramidae [syn: Brama, genus Brama].
Compare: Hydrostatic
Hydrostatic, Hydrostatical (a.) Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time of Archimedes is due to Stevinus. -- Hallam.
Hydrostatic balance, A balance for weighing substances in water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific gravities.
Hydrostatic bed, A water bed.
Hydrostatic bellows, An apparatus consisting of a water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube, into which water may be poured to illustrate the hydrostatic paradox.
Hydrostatic paradox, The proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
Hydrostatic press, A machine in which great force, with slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is applied, the principle involved being the same as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.
Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
Bramble (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. -- Shak.
Bramble (n.) (Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch.
Bramble (n.) Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines.
Bramble (1.) Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
Bramble (2.) Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets" in 1 Sam. 13:6; "thistles" in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job 31:40; "thorns" in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS.)
Bramble bush () (Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. -- Mother Goose.
Bramble bush (n.) Any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits.
Brambled (a.) Overgrown with brambles.
Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. -- T. Warton.
Bramble net () A net to catch birds.
Brambling (n.) (Zool.) The European mountain finch ({Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
Brambling (n.) Eurasian finch [syn: brambling, Fringilla montifringilla].
Brambly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. "In brambly wildernesses." -- Tennyson.
Brambly (a.) Covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth [syn: braky, brambly].
Brame (n.) Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.]
Heart-burning brame. -- Spenser. Bramin
Bramin () Alt. of Braminic.
Braminic () See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc.
Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
Bran (n.) (Zool.) The European carrion crow.
Bran (n.) Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
Bran (n.) Food prepared from the husks of cereal grains.
BRAN, () Broadband Radio Access Network (ETSI, WLAN)
Brancard (n.) [F.] A litter on which a person may be carried. [Obs.] -- Coigrave.
Branch (v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
Branch (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. -- Spenser.
Branches (n. pl. ) of Branch.
Branch (n.) (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
Most of the branches, or streams, were dried up. -- W. Irving.
Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches
of knowledge." -- Prescott.
It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. -- Shak.
Branch (n.) (Geom.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock. -- Carew.
Branch (n.) (Naut.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
Branches of a bridle, Two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb.
Branch herring. See Alewife.
Root and branch, Totally, wholly.
Syn: Bough; limb; shoot; offshoot; twig; sprig.
Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
Branched (imp. & p. p.) of Branch.
Branching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Branch.
Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
Branch (v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
To branch off, To form a branch or a separate part; to diverge.
To branch out, To speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
To branch out into a long disputation. -- Spectator.
Branch (n.) A division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" [syn: branch, subdivision, arm].
Branch (n.) A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant.
Branch (n.) A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" [syn: branch, leg, ramification].
Branch (n.) A natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset].
Branch (n.) A stream or river connected to a larger one.
Branch (n.) Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" [syn: arm, branch, limb].
Branch (v.) Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" [syn: ramify, branch].
Branch (v.) Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate].
Branch, () An edge in a tree.
Branch, () A jump.
Branch, () A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch" (Jer. 23:5), "the Branch" (Zech. 3:8; 6:12).
Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). "The branch of the terrible ones" (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version "the song of the terrible ones," i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity.
The "abominable branch" is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The "highest branch" in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king.
BRANCH. () This is a metaphorical expression, which designates, in the genealogy of a numerous family, a portion of that family which has sprang from the same root or stock; these latter expressions, like the first, are also metaphorical.
BRANCH. () The whole of a genealogy is often called the genealogical tree; and sometimes it is made to take the form of a tree, which is in the first place divided into as many branches as there are children, afterwards into as many branches as there are grand-children, then of great grandchildren, &c. If, for example, it be desired to have a genealogical tree of Peter's family, Peter will be made the trunk of the tree; if he has had two children, John and James, their names will be written on the first two branches; which will themselves shoot out as many smaller branches as John and James have children; from these other's proceed, till the whole family is represented on the tree; thus the origin, the application, and the use of the word branch in genealogy will be at once perceived.
Branch -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 45787
Housing Units (2000): 19822
Land area (2000): 507.412060 sq. miles (1314.191146 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 12.078135 sq. miles (31.282225 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 519.490195 sq. miles (1345.473371 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 41.926246 N, 85.051147 W
Headwords:
Branch
Branch, MI
Branch County
Branch County, MI
Branch, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 357
Housing Units (2000): 155
Land area (2000): 3.565727 sq. miles (9.235191 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001730 sq. miles (0.004480 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.567457 sq. miles (9.239671 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08440
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.308482 N, 93.955690 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72928
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Branch
Branch (n.) [ C ] (Part) (B2) 一部分；支族，旁系 A part of something larger.
// Immunology is a branch of biological science.
// One branch of their family (= one group of relatives) emigrated to Brazil.
// In the US, the president is part of the executive branch of the government.
Branch (n.) (B1) 分支機構；分部；分行；分店 One of the offices or groups that form part of a large business organization.
// I used to work in the local branch of a large bank.
// She's a branch manager.
// Take the forms into your local branch office.
Branch (n.) [ C ] (Tree part) (B1) 樹枝 One of the parts of a tree that grows out from the main trunk and has leaves, flowers, or fruit on it.
// Bare/ leafy/ flowering branches.
// The fruit on the lower branches was protected from the sun.
// Watch out for overhanging branches.
Branch (n.) [ C ] (River/ road) 支流；岔路 A part of a river or road that leaves the main part.
// This branch of the river eventually empties into the Atlantic.
Branch (v.) [ I ] (Tree) 出枝；發出新枝 To produce branches.
// The top of the tree had been cut off to encourage it to branch (out) lower down.
Branch (v.) [ I ] (Split) 分岔，岔開 To divide into two.
// The road branches at the bottom of the hill.
Phrasal verb: Branch off
Branch off (- Phrasal verb with Branch) (v.) [ I ] （道路）岔開，分岔 If a road or path branches off, it goes in another direction.
// We drove down a narrow track that branched off from the main road.
Branch off sth (-Phrasal verb with Branch) (v.) [ I ] 離開（主路） To leave a main road by turning into a smaller road.
// We branched off the main route and went through the countryside.
Branch out (-phrasal verb with Branch) (v.) [ I ] 涉足（尤指新工作）；擴展（業務）To start to do something different from what you usually do, especially in your job.
// This designer has recently branched out into children's wear.
// After a couple of years working for other people, she branched out on her own (= started her own business).
Brancher (n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
Brancher (n.) (Falconry) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
Branchery (n.) A system of branches.
Branchiae (n. pl. ) of Branchia.
Branchia (n.) (Anat.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
Branchial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.
Branchial arches, The bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix.
Branchial clefts, The openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.
Branchial (a.) Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills).
Branchiate (a.) (Anat.) Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments.
Branchiate (a.) Provided with gills; "a gilled tadpole" [syn: branchiate, gilled] [ant: abranchial, abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less].
Branchiferous (a.) (Anat.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.
Branchiness (n.) Fullness of branches.
Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.
Shaded with branching palm. -- Milton.