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twig
twig 1 T0435900 (twĭg)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; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
twig 2 T0435900 (twĭg)v. twigged, twig·ging, twigs Chiefly British 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).
[Perhaps from Irish Gaelic tuig-, stem of tuigim, I understand, from Old Irish tuicim.]
twig 3 T0435900 (twĭg)n. Archaic The current style; the fashion.
[Origin unknown.]twig (twɪɡ) n1. (Botany) any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant2. (Anatomy) something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel[Old English twigge; related to Old Norse dvika consisting of two, Old High German zwīg twig, Old Danish tvige fork] ˈtwigˌlike adj
twig (twɪɡ) vb, twigs, twigging or twigged1. to understand (something)2. to find out or suddenly comprehend (something): he hasn't twigged yet. 3. (tr) rare to perceive (something)[C18: perhaps from Gaelic tuig I understand]twig1 (twɪg)
n. a small, thin offshoot of a wooden branch or stem. [before 950; Middle English; Old English twig, twigge; akin to Middle Low German twīch, Old High German zwīg (akin to twi-)] twig′gy, adj. -gi•er, -gi•est. twig2 (twɪg)
v. twigged, twig•ging. Brit. v.t. 1. to look at; observe. 2. to understand. v.i. 3. to understand. [1755–65; probably < base of Irish tuigim I understand; compare dig2] twig
Past participle: twigged
Gerund: twigging
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| I twig | | you twig | | he/she/it twigs | | we twig | | you twig | | they twig |
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| I twigged | | you twigged | | he/she/it twigged | | we twigged | | you twigged | | they twigged |
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| I am twigging | | you are twigging | | he/she/it is twigging | | we are twigging | | you are twigging | | they are twigging |
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| I have twigged | | you have twigged | | he/she/it has twigged | | we have twigged | | you have twigged | | they have twigged |
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| I was twigging | | you were twigging | | he/she/it was twigging | | we were twigging | | you were twigging | | they were twigging |
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| I had twigged | | you had twigged | | he/she/it had twigged | | we had twigged | | you had twigged | | they had twigged |
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| I will twig | | you will twig | | he/she/it will twig | | we will twig | | you will twig | | they will twig |
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| I will have twigged | | you will have twigged | | he/she/it will have twigged | | we will have twigged | | you will have twigged | | they will have twigged |
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| I will be twigging | | you will be twigging | | he/she/it will be twigging | | we will be twigging | | you will be twigging | | they will be twigging |
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| I have been twigging | | you have been twigging | | he/she/it has been twigging | | we have been twigging | | you have been twigging | | they have been twigging |
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| I will have been twigging | | you will have been twigging | | he/she/it will have been twigging | | we will have been twigging | | you will have been twigging | | they will have been twigging |
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| I had been twigging | | you had been twigging | | he/she/it had been twigging | | we had been twigging | | you had been twigging | | they had been twigging |
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| I would twig | | you would twig | | he/she/it would twig | | we would twig | | you would twig | | they would twig |
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| I would have twigged | | you would have twigged | | he/she/it would have twigged | | we would have twigged | | you would have twigged | | they would have twigged |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding yearbranchlet, sprigbrier - 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 | | Verb | 1. |  twig - branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" | | 2. |  twig - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumbleapprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
twig1noun branch, stick, sprig, offshoot, shoot, spray, withe There was a slight sound of a twig breaking underfoot.
twig2verb (Brit. informal) understand, get, see, find out, grasp, make out, rumble (Brit. informal), catch on (informal), comprehend, fathom, tumble to (informal) By the time she'd twigged what it was all about, it was too late.twigverbChiefly British. 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: get a handle on, get the picture.Translationstwig (twig) noun a small branch of a tree. The ground was covered with broken twigs. 細枝，小枝 细枝，小枝 twig
as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclinedOne's actions as an adult are dictated by behaviors learned in childhood. I can't believe she still doesn't listen to other people. I guess it's true that as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.See also: inclined, tree, twighop the twig1. obsolete To die. The poor man lay in bed for nearly a fortnight, out of his mind with fever and delirium. Finally, in the early hours of Friday, he hopped the twig and passed into a peaceful, eternal sleep.2. obsolete To leave something or some place very quickly or suddenly. Investigators believe the money lender hopped the twig to America after suspicions about the legality of his business arose.See also: hop, twigAs the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.Prov. A grown person will act the way he or she was taught to act as a child. Alice's parents thought it was cute when she threw tantrums, and you'll notice that she still throws tantrums now that she's grown up. As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. Don't encourage your son to be so greedy. As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.See also: inclined, tree, twighop the twig (or stick) 1 depart suddenly. 2 die. British informalSee also: hop, twigtwig
twig1. any small branch or shoot of a tree or other woody plant 2. something resembling this, esp a minute branch of a blood vessel TWIGTree-Walking Instruction Generator.
A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJvariant.
["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs,1986].twig
twig (twig), One of the finer terminal branches of an artery; a small branch or small ramus. [A.S.] twigThe final branch of a structure such as a nerve or vessel.TWIG
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twig
Synonyms for twignoun branchSynonyms- branch
- stick
- sprig
- offshoot
- shoot
- spray
- withe
verb understandSynonyms- understand
- get
- see
- find out
- grasp
- make out
- rumble
- catch on
- comprehend
- fathom
- tumble to
Synonyms for twigverb to perceive and recognize the meaning ofSynonyms- accept
- apprehend
- catch
- compass
- comprehend
- conceive
- fathom
- follow
- get
- grasp
- make out
- read
- see
- sense
- take
- take in
- understand
- savvy
- dig
- ken
Synonyms for twignoun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division)SynonymsRelated Words- brier
- branch
- wand
- withy
- withe
verb branch out in a twiglike mannerRelated Words- furcate
- branch
- fork
- ramify
- separate
verb understand, usually after some initial difficultySynonyms- catch on
- cotton on
- get it
- get onto
- get wise
- latch on
- tumble
Related Words- apprehend
- comprehend
- get the picture
- grok
- savvy
- grasp
- compass
- dig
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