Synonyms for twig
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : twig |
| Phonetic Transcription : twɪg |
Définition of twig
Origin :- Old English twigge, from Proto-Germanic *twigan (cf. Middle Dutch twijch, Dutch twijg, Old High German zwig, German Zweig "branch, twig"), from the root of twi- (see twin), here meaning "forked" (as in Old English twisel "fork, point of division").
- noun small branch
- Close on our right a twig snapped and I began to gather myself for the spring.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Not a sound disturbed the oppressive quiet, not the quiver of a twig.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Was it his imagination, or did a branch snap, a twig rustle down the road?
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
- The painter would not depict every twig, as would the naturalist.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- At first they could not break it, but when they took it twig by twig they broke it easily.
- Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
- Each picker then draws a twig, and his standing is decided by the number upon it.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- From a tree which bears fruit they cut a twig, and divide it into two small pieces.
- Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
- It matters not much what part of the bough the twig growes out of.
- Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
- The snapping of a twig sounded like the crashing ruin of a forest giant.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- What does the nightingale care for a golden cage when he can get a twig?
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for twig
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