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Dictionary: twig1   (twĭg) pronunciation
n.
  1. A young shoot representing the current season's growth of a woody plant.
  2. Any small, leafless branch of a woody plant.

[Middle English, from Old English twigge.]


twig2 (twĭg) pronunciation

v. Chiefly British, twigged, twig·ging, twigs.

v.tr.
  1. To observe or notice.
  2. To understand or figure out: "The layman has twigged what the strategist twigged almost two decades ago" (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
v.intr.
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).

[Irish Gaelic tuigim, I understand, from Old Irish tuicim.]


twig3 (twĭg) pronunciation
n. Chiefly British
The current style; the fashion.

[Origin unknown.]


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verb

    To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Scots ken. Idioms: gethavea handle on, get the picture. See understand/misunderstand.

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Twigs are critically important in identification of trees, shrubs and vines, especially in wintertime. The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark is also important, as is the thickness and nature of any pith of the twig.

There are two types of twig, vegetative twigs and fruiting spurs. Fruiting spurs are specialized twigs that generally branch off the sides of branches and leading twigs, and are stubby and slow-growing, with many annular ring markings from seasons past. The age and rate of growth of a twig can be determined by counting the winter terminal bud scale scars, or annular ring marking, down the length of the twig.


Translations: Twig
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kvist, lille gren

2.
v. intr. - opdage, fatte, finde ud af
v. tr. - opfatte, observere

3.
n. - modetendensen

Nederlands (Dutch)
twijg, (het) begrijpen

Français (French)
1.
n. - brindille

2.
v. intr. - piger
v. tr. - piger, percevoir

3.
n. - style actuel, mode

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Zweig, Äderchen

2.
v. - (ugs.) begreifen, (ugs.) beobachten

3.
n. - Mode

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κλαράκι, κλωνάρι
v. - αντιλαμβάνομαι, κατανοώ

Italiano (Italian)
fronda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rebento (m), broto (m), varinha mágica (f)
v. - perceber, compreender, observar

Русский (Russian)
веточка, прут

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - ramita, rama, vástago

2.
v. intr. - comprender, caer en la cuenta
v. tr. - comprender, caer en la cuenta de

3.
n. - la moda, el estilo actual

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvist, gren, spö, slagruta
v. - trilla av pinn, sjappa, haja, förstå, se, upptäcka, märka, titta på, fatta galoppen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 细枝, 嫩枝, 占卜杖, 小支脉

2. 理解, 懂得, 明白, 领悟

3. 细枝, 嫩枝, 占卜杖, 小支脉

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 理解, 懂得
v. intr. - 明白, 領悟

2.
n. - 細枝, 嫩枝, 占卜杖, 小支脈

3.
n. - 細枝, 嫩枝, 占卜杖, 小支脈

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 작은 가지, 점대

2.
v. intr. - 감지하다, 깨닫다
v. tr. - 간파하다, 알아채다

3.
n. - 유행하는 스타일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小枝, 占い棒
v. - わかる, 見る, 気づく, 了解する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موضه, زي (فعل) يلمح, يلاحظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ענף קטן, זלזל, זרד, שריג, הסתעפות עורק‬
v. intr. - ‮הבין, תפס‬
v. tr. - ‮הבחין, ראה‬
n. - ‮הסגנון הרווח, האופנה‬


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