twignoun [ C ]
uk/twɪɡ/us/twɪɡ/a small, thin branch of a tree or bush, especially one removed from the tree or bush and without any leaves:
We collected dry twigs to start the fire.
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- clove
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- lily pad
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- organ
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
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twigverb [ I or T ]
uk/twɪɡ/us/twɪɡ/-gg- UK informalto suddenly realize something:
[ + question word ] Then he twigged what I meant.
She's six months pregnant, and he still hasn't twigged.
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
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