branch vs windrow

branch

noun
  • A branch line. 

  • An area in business or of knowledge, research. 

  • A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church. 

  • The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. 

  • Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. 

  • A sequence of code that is conditionally executed. 

  • A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. 

  • One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance. 

  • A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images. 

  • A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters. 

  • A location of an organization with several locations. 

  • A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line. 

verb
  • To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement. 

  • To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree. 

  • To strip of branches. 

  • To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting. 

  • To produce branches. 

  • To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions. 

windrow

noun
  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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