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Meanings of sprig in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "twig"
Examples for "twig"
1
In India the tooth-brush consists of a twig or a little branch.
2
Once more she listened for the breaking twig and the light step.
3
Suddenly a twig was heard to snap in the thicket before him.
4
Yellow-Knobs hung up his hammock under a twig in the rose garden.
5
Then he took a twig from the bush and set him free.
1
The bud spreads into a little branchlet and bears the flowers at the tip.
2
Gradually the most obstinate branchlet with its spray of leaves is drawn into juxtaposition with the main part of the mansion.
3
She felt among the wood piled ready, found a slender sliver of a cleft branchlet, and methodically ploughed the ashes across and across.
4
Very weird pines these were, chiefly covered with closely-packed dead foliage, with a living tuft of dark green at the end of each branchlet.
5
The branches and branchlets are tense and straight, crowded, adpressed and acute.
Usage of sprig in английском
1
Everybody in the Alps wears a sprig of Edelweiss in his hat.
2
Stick on the top of the pyramid a sprig of real flowers.
3
He is the sprig of bitter herb that makes the pottage wholesome.
4
I only knew it was bookmarked with a long sprig of rosemary.
5
I didn't have a fresh mint sprig for a proper garnish, obviously.
6
Then serve garnished with the caramelised brown onions and sprig of mint.
7
Burglar bars on the window and a sprig of fennel over it.
8
If cooking on a barbecue, stoke the fire with a rosemary sprig.
9
Glenn stood over her, pushing a sprig of cedar into her face.
10
It looked like a sprig of leaves, like part of a boutonniere.
11
A little sprig of balsam would not have mattered so much-butgeraniums!
12
Photograph: Getty Images A good sprig of rosemary makes for a lovely gin.
13
She drew the faded sprig toward her and hid it in her breast.
14
Every pinnacle became a sprig, even the pendant icicles reappeared in the gable-boards.
15
A. I saw the letters I. H. S. with the sprig of cassia.
16
And he wore in his hat a sprig of crimson oleander.
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Sprig through the time
Sprig across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common