sprig

sprig

S0670300 (sprĭg)n.1. a. A small shoot or twig of a plant.b. An ornament in this shape.2. A small brad without a head.3. Archaic A young, immature person.tr.v. sprigged, sprig·ging, sprigs 1. To decorate with a design of sprigs.2. To remove a sprig or sprigs from (a bush or tree).3. To fasten with a small headless brad.

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[Middle English sprigge, alteration of spring, from Old English, source of water.]

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sprig′ger n.

sprig

(sprɪɡ) n1. (Botany) a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc; spray2. (Art Terms) an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers3. (Building) a small wire nail without a head4. informal rare a youth5. informal rare a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc6. (Clothing & Fashion) NZ another name for stud¹⁷vb (tr) , sprigs, sprigging or sprigged7. (Tools) to fasten or secure with sprigs8. (Art Terms) to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc) with a design of sprigs9. (Botany) to make sprays from (twigs and branches)[C15: probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg] ˈsprigger n ˈspriggy adj

sprig

(sprɪg)

n., v. sprigged, sprig•ging. n. 1. a small spray of a plant with its leaves, flowers, etc. 2. an ornament having the form of such a spray. 3. a shoot, twig, or small branch. 4. a scion; heir. 5. a youth. 6. a headless brad. v.t. 7. to mark or decorate with a design of sprigs. 8. to fasten with brads. 9. to remove a sprig or sprigs from (a plant). [1300–50; Middle English sprigge (n.); orig. uncertain; compare spray²]

sprig

Past participle: sprigged
Gerund: sprigging

Imperative
sprig
sprig

Present
I sprig
you sprig
he/she/it sprigs
we sprig
you sprig
they sprig

Preterite
I sprigged
you sprigged
he/she/it sprigged
we sprigged
you sprigged
they sprigged

Present Continuous
I am sprigging
you are sprigging
he/she/it is sprigging
we are sprigging
you are sprigging
they are sprigging

Present Perfect
I have sprigged
you have sprigged
he/she/it has sprigged
we have sprigged
you have sprigged
they have sprigged

Past Continuous
I was sprigging
you were sprigging
he/she/it was sprigging
we were sprigging
you were sprigging
they were sprigging

Past Perfect
I had sprigged
you had sprigged
he/she/it had sprigged
we had sprigged
you had sprigged
they had sprigged

Future
I will sprig
you will sprig
he/she/it will sprig
we will sprig
you will sprig
they will sprig

Future Perfect
I will have sprigged
you will have sprigged
he/she/it will have sprigged
we will have sprigged
you will have sprigged
they will have sprigged

Future Continuous
I will be sprigging
you will be sprigging
he/she/it will be sprigging
we will be sprigging
you will be sprigging
they will be sprigging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sprigging
you have been sprigging
he/she/it has been sprigging
we have been sprigging
you have been sprigging
they have been sprigging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sprigging
you will have been sprigging
he/she/it will have been sprigging
we will have been sprigging
you will have been sprigging
they will have been sprigging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sprigging
you had been sprigging
he/she/it had been sprigging
we had been sprigging
you had been sprigging
they had been sprigging

Conditional
I would sprig
you would sprig
he/she/it would sprig
we would sprig
you would sprig
they would sprig

Past Conditional
I would have sprigged
you would have sprigged
he/she/it would have sprigged
we would have sprigged
you would have sprigged
they would have sprigged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sprig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding yearbranchlet, twigbrier - a thorny stem or twigbranch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plantwand - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"withy, withe - strong flexible twig
	2.	sprig - an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowersdecoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify

sprig

noun spray, stem, twig Chop the watercress, reserving a sprig or two for garnish.

sprig

nounA young stemlike growth arising from a plant:bine, offshoot, runner, shoot, sprout, tendril.

Translations

小枝

sprig

(sprig) noun a small piece of a plant; a twig. 小枝 小枝