twig
1a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs.
Anatomy. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
Origin of twig
1Other words from twig
- twigless, adjective
- twiglike, adjective
Other definitions for twig (2 of 3)
to understand.
to understand.
Origin of twig
2Other definitions for twig (3 of 3)
style; fashion.
Origin of twig
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How to use twig in a sentence
Broken twigs, trails to nowhere, and mini-debris landslides, despite the drought, were all telltale signs of heavy use.
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California | Debra A. Klein | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir actions, like twigs unexpectedly bursting into flame, kindle others to join them.
Mark Hertsgaard Analyzes the Psychology of Climate-Change Activism | Mark Hertsgaard | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBeginning with single twigs and working over them patiently she at length painted whole trees, and later animals.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementSometimes he went with his mother when she went to dig roots; sometimes he went with her to gather twigs for baskets.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppHe cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
We gave him luscious twigs if he behaved well and sometimes delicious fruit.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiKari did not eat much but he nevertheless needed forty pounds of twigs a day to chew and play with.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
British Dictionary definitions for twig (1 of 2)
/ (twɪɡ) /
any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant
something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel
Origin of twig
1Derived forms of twig
- twiglike, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for twig (2 of 2)
/ (twɪɡ) /
to understand (something)
to find out or suddenly comprehend (something): he hasn't twigged yet
(tr) rare to perceive (something)
Origin of twig
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