Synonyms:
branchlet, twig, sprig
Meaning: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
twig
Meaning: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
Usage examples
There is not a twig but supplies a contact-point.
Half a dozen of the finest fish he took out and strung upon a forked twig.
"Hand me that twig, my boy." The Phoenix took the twig, found a bare spot of earth, and sketched a picture.
I heard not the thunder of the hoofs of buffalo, nor the faint crack of the twig beneath the panther's foot.
She placed the first twig, and after examining it carefully, he spent the day carrying her others just as much alike as possible.
Princess Parizade took the pitcher, and, carrying with her besides the cage the twig and the flask, returned down the mountain side.
Not a broken twig, a careless step, or a whispered word betrayed them, and they vanished as swiftly and silently as hunted deer flying for their lives.
Every twig was pressed behind him noiselessly, and once when Rod struck his snow-shoe against the butt of a small tree the old Indian held up his hands in mock horror.
'Now, child,' said he to his own daughter, 'what will you have?' 'The first twig, dear father, that brushes against your hat when you turn your face to come homewards,' said she.
When she refused to swallow another particle, he perched on a twig close by the nest many times in a day; and with sleek feathers and lowered crest, gazed at her in silent worshipful adoration.