twig

[US]/twɪg/
[UK]/twɪɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. small branch; slender branch

Phrases & Collocations

small twig

leafy twig

bare twig

cassia twig

Example Sentences

broke a twig from the tree.

She heard a twig snap.

He broke off the twig with a snap.

As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.

10 ? cassia twig adds ? peony pieplant soup (the) such as cassia twig, peony, pieplant: Use at nightly and abdominal distension and insomnia person.

The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.

He broke off a twig from a willow tree and used it to shoo the flies away.

the swift glues these thin twigs to a wall using its own saliva as a fixative.

13(12) Plants usually thorny; twigs thornlike, bearing leaves and flowers, or twigs with needlelike thorns; leaf blade small, usually shorter than 7 cm.

There are not many boats in this little river;only a few dinghies, laden with dry branches and twigs, are moving leisurely along to the tired plash!plash!of their oars.

Maples, dogwoods, grape, and sumac twinkle and dance with particulate color in any little breeze, and the decorated twigs of sourwood trees swoop out like plump birds scattering.

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