twig

Definitions


[twɪɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub

- a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve
(e.g: cutaneous nerve twigs)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English twigge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twijg and German Zweig, also to twain and two


[twɪɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- understand or realize something
(e.g: it was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin




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