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- [twig]
- /twɪg/
- /twɪɡ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [twig]
- /twɪg/
Definitions of twig word
- noun twig style; fashion. 1
- verb with object twig to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you? 1
- verb with object twig to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors? 1
- verb with object twig to understand. 1
- verb without object twig to understand. 1
- noun twig small branch 1
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Origin of twig
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English; Old English twig, twigge, orig. (something) divided in two; akin to Old High German zwīg (German Zweig), Dutch twijg; compare Sanskrit dvikás double
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Parts of speech for Twig
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
twig popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
twig usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for twig
adj twig
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- lank — (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
noun twig
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- caduceus — a staff entwined with two serpents and bearing a pair of wings at the top, carried by Hermes (Mercury) as messenger of the gods
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- ferrule — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- heiress — a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, especially a woman who has inherited or will inherit considerable wealth.
verb twig
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
adjective twig
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- fleshless — Without flesh, lacking flesh.
- weedy — full of or abounding in weeds.
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