Twig

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young shoot representing the current season's growth of a woody plant.
  • n. Any small, leafless branch of a woody plant.
  • v. To observe or notice.
  • v. To understand or figure out: "The layman has twigged what the strategist twigged almost two decades ago” ( Manchester Guardian Weekly).
  • verb-intransitive. To be or become aware of the situation; understand: "As Europe is now twigging, the best breeding ground for innovators who know how to do business is often big, competitive companies” ( Economist).
  • n. Chiefly British The current style; the fashion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
  • v. To beat with twigs.
  • v. To realise something; to 'catch on'.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
  • v. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
  • v. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
  • n. A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
  • v. To beat with twigs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy, one of the minute branches of a blood-vessel.
  • n. A small shoot of a tree or other plant; a small branch; a spray.
  • n. A divining-rod.
  • n. In ceramics, a thin strip of prepared clay used in modeling a pottery vessel, especially in the imitation basket work common in Leeds pottery.
  • To switch; beat.
  • To be vigorous or active; be energetic
  • To twitch; jerk.
  • n. A twitch; a jerk; a quick, sudden pull.
  • To notice; observe narrowly; watch.
  • To comprehend; understand; perceive; discover.
  • To understand; see; “catch on.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. branch out in a twiglike manner
  • n. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
  • v. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  • Verb Form
    twigged    twigging    twigs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    separate    fork    ramify    branch    furcate    grasp    grok    get the picture    dig    comprehend   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    twigged    twigging   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    twitch    pull    tweak    comprehend    discover    stem    shoot    stick    switch    rod   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    big    brig    dig    fig    gig    jig    pig    pigg    prig   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bough    branch    moss    shrub    bark    thicket    foliage    stalk    bush    leaf