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nounPlural sprigssprɪɡsprɪɡ 1A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant. Example sentencesExamples - This is a complex wine that will sparkle as an accompaniment to a tall glass of bone chillingly cold lemon sorbet with sprigs of mint.
- You notice that there wasn't a sprig of parsley or even a strawberry on the plate.
- In four months, the sprigs they plant will have branches three to four feet long.
- In 1984 Depue planted a dozen sprigs at Jacob's Fork, a mined mountain that had lain dormant for 20 years in McDowell County.
- By the time they leave, they've planted more than 300 sprigs.
- After the tree was done, she turned to the mantle, adding tinsel and pine sprigs to decorate the area around a few red candles.
- The long, white tunic the ghost wears is girded by a belt with a sprig of holly symbolizing winter tucked in it, but spring flowers hem the bottom of the tunic.
- He had come in peace, he said, for he carried a sprig of holly and wore no armor.
- I turned to her and saw that she wore a white dress with little sprigs of wildflowers printed on it.
- With not a sprig of holly in sight, it is the perfect anti-pantomime for the festive season.
- Ivy twisted through sprigs of flowers, adding green here and there, and rose trellises climbed the stone walls that encircled the gardens.
- I got the pine sprigs from a tree outside in the courtyard.
- This great match of flavours was served with a little sprig of fresh fennel, which led the charge of the other flavours through the creamy goats cheese.
- The knight wore no armor, but carried a sprig of holly in one hand, and an enormous axe in the other.
- He hands out three-foot-long willow sprigs, a half-inch in diameter, cut from trees on the property.
- The task was difficult, as the sprigs were barbed with large thorns, and the fragrant resin stuck to their fingers as they broke the sprigs from the angular branch.
- To remove a leaf from its sprig, Patten grasped it gently by the stalk and pulled it back towards the branch of the limb to prevent tree damage.
Synonyms small stem, spray, twig, branch rare branchlet 2A descendant or younger member of a family or social class. a sprig of the French nobility - 2.1derogatory, archaic A young man.
Example sentencesExamples - At the shire-hall new-year celebrations, 15-year-old Ruth Hilton catches the eye of a 23-year-old sprig of the gentry.
3A small moulded decoration applied to a piece of pottery before firing.
verbsprigged, sprigs, spriggingsprɪɡsprɪɡ Decorate (pottery) with small, separately moulded designs.
Derivatives adjective Applied to almost anything spriggy and floral, it supposedly encapsulated everything that is fussy and backward-looking about British style. Example sentencesExamples - Go for anything from delicate spriggy florals to big, bold retro prints.
- And when it is cooked, the oil will form small spriggy islands with streams of wine and tomato.
- In my mind's eye, it's this dark green, spriggy looking thing.
- There were sheer blousy dresses printed in watercolour soft roses, giant floppy corsages on silk dresses, floral printed silk damask statement coats and spriggy prints on voluminous ball skirts.
Origin Middle English: from or related to Low German sprick. Rhymes big, brig, dig, fig, gig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, rig, snig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig nounPlural sprigssprɪɡsprɪɡ 1A small tapering tack with no head, used chiefly to hold glass in a window frame until the putty dries. 2usually sprigsAustralian NZ A stud on the sole of a shoe or boot.
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. nounspriɡsprɪɡ 1A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a bush or plant. Example sentencesExamples - He had come in peace, he said, for he carried a sprig of holly and wore no armor.
- To remove a leaf from its sprig, Patten grasped it gently by the stalk and pulled it back towards the branch of the limb to prevent tree damage.
- By the time they leave, they've planted more than 300 sprigs.
- Ivy twisted through sprigs of flowers, adding green here and there, and rose trellises climbed the stone walls that encircled the gardens.
- The knight wore no armor, but carried a sprig of holly in one hand, and an enormous axe in the other.
- In 1984 Depue planted a dozen sprigs at Jacob's Fork, a mined mountain that had lain dormant for 20 years in McDowell County.
- The task was difficult, as the sprigs were barbed with large thorns, and the fragrant resin stuck to their fingers as they broke the sprigs from the angular branch.
- I got the pine sprigs from a tree outside in the courtyard.
- In four months, the sprigs they plant will have branches three to four feet long.
- You notice that there wasn't a sprig of parsley or even a strawberry on the plate.
- With not a sprig of holly in sight, it is the perfect anti-pantomime for the festive season.
- This great match of flavours was served with a little sprig of fresh fennel, which led the charge of the other flavours through the creamy goats cheese.
- The long, white tunic the ghost wears is girded by a belt with a sprig of holly symbolizing winter tucked in it, but spring flowers hem the bottom of the tunic.
- This is a complex wine that will sparkle as an accompaniment to a tall glass of bone chillingly cold lemon sorbet with sprigs of mint.
- He hands out three-foot-long willow sprigs, a half-inch in diameter, cut from trees on the property.
- After the tree was done, she turned to the mantle, adding tinsel and pine sprigs to decorate the area around a few red candles.
- I turned to her and saw that she wore a white dress with little sprigs of wildflowers printed on it.
Synonyms small stem, spray, twig, branch - 1.1 A descendant or younger member of a family or social class.
a sprig of the French nobility - 1.2derogatory, archaic A young man.
Example sentencesExamples - At the shire-hall new-year celebrations, 15-year-old Ruth Hilton catches the eye of a 23-year-old sprig of the gentry.
- 1.3 A small molded decoration applied to a piece of pottery before firing.
verbspriɡsprɪɡ [with object]Decorate (pottery) with small, separately molded designs.
Origin Middle English: from or related to Low German sprick. nounspriɡsprɪɡ another term for glazier's point
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. |