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Meanings of twig in английском

португальский
galho
каталонский
branquilló
испанский
vástago

A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year.

        galho
        португальский
        entender
        каталонский
        comprendre
        испанский
        comprender

        Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.

            entender
            Синонимы
            Examples for "sprig"
            Examples for "sprig"
            1
            Everybody in the Alps wears a sprig of Edelweiss in his hat.
            A Tramp Abroad
            2
            Stick on the top of the pyramid a sprig of real flowers.
            Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
            3
            He is the sprig of bitter herb that makes the pottage wholesome.
            The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
            4
            I only knew it was bookmarked with a long sprig of rosemary.
            Beautiful creatures
            5
            I didn't have a fresh mint sprig for a proper garnish, obviously.
            Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
            1
            The bud spreads into a little branchlet and bears the flowers at the tip.
            Among the Trees at Elmridge
            2
            Gradually the most obstinate branchlet with its spray of leaves is drawn into juxtaposition with the main part of the mansion.
            The Confessions of a Beachcomber
            3
            She felt among the wood piled ready, found a slender sliver of a cleft branchlet, and methodically ploughed the ashes across and across.
            The Unwilling Vestal
            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.
            Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
            5
            The branches and branchlets are tense and straight, crowded, adpressed and acute.
            Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners
            Usage of twig in английском
            1
            In India the tooth-brush consists of a twig or a little branch.
            The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
            2
            Once more she listened for the breaking twig and the light step.
            Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
            3
            Suddenly a twig was heard to snap in the thicket before him.
            The Settler and the Savage
            4
            Yellow-Knobs hung up his hammock under a twig in the rose garden.
            Woodland Tales
            5
            Then he took a twig from the bush and set him free.
            The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
            6
            He showed to the President of the House a twig of olive.
            Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
            7
            The breaking of a twig was as the discharge of a rifle.
            Bamboo Tales
            8
            They squatted together; Kyle scratched at the damp earth with a twig.
            Return of the Crimson Guard
            9
            Not a mesquite twig snapped under his body; not a pebble rattled.
            Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
            10
            That is the beginning of a tendency-thefirst bending of a twig.
            Heart and Soul by Maveric Post
            11
            Every bush and little twig was loaded and hung down its head.
            The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
            12
            In passing beneath a tall fir-tree Roy chanced to touch a twig.
            Silver Lake
            13
            He moved a twig aside with his toe and transferred his weight.
            Servant of a dark god
            14
            I heard what sounded like a high-pitched crosscut saw belaboring a twig.
            Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
            15
            She was about to break the twig, but she hesitated and said:
            The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
            16
            The sailor then struck a light and set fire to a twig.
            The Mysterious Island
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            Translations for twig
            португальский
            galhoramoraminhoentender
            каталонский
            branquillócomprendreentendre´s
            испанский
            vástagoramocomprender
            Twig through the time
            Twig across language varieties
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            Common
            United States of America
            Common