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1. twig
noun. ['ˈtwɪg'] a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year.
Synonyms
- branch
- sprig
- withy
- brier
- wand
- branchlet
Antonyms
- incomprehension
- ascend
- rise
- pull
Etymology
- twigge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Words that Rhyme with Twig
- mcquigg
- isgrigg
- sprigg
- renege
- zbig
- whig
- trygg
- trigg
- trig
- swig
- stig
- quigg
- prigge
- prig
- grigg
- brig
- zig
- wigg
- vig
- tig
- sigg
- sig
- rigg
- rig
- pigg
- pig
- nigg
- mig
- knigge
- jig
Example sentences of the word twig
1. Noun, singular or mass
Apply a thin line of white glue around the top of the twig structure.
2. Adjective
In severely infested trees, the insects eat the entire leaf and there is branch and twig dieback.
3. Proper noun, singular
Prevent Cercospora needle blight, Phomopsis and Kabatina twig blights by spraying with an appropriate fungicide before infection occurs.
2. blood-twig
noun. European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers.
Synonyms
- dogwood tree
- cornel
- pedwood
- red dogwood
- common European dogwood
- Cornus sanguinea
3. twig
verb. ['ˈtwɪg'] branch out in a twiglike manner.
Synonyms
- ramify
- furcate
- fork
- separate
Antonyms
- better
- exclude
- unclasp
- let go of
Etymology
- twigge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. twig
verb. ['ˈtwɪg'] understand, usually after some initial difficulty.
Synonyms
- dig
- get wise
- get it
- compass
- savvy
- tumble
- apprehend
- grok
- comprehend
- grasp
- latch on
- cotton on
- get the picture
- catch on
Antonyms
- converge
- tributary
- distributary
- fauna
Etymology
- twigge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))