twig

Определение twig в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To realise something; to 'catch on'
He hasn't 'twigged' that we're planning a surprise party for him.; A small thin branch of a tree or bush; {n} a small shoot of a branch, switch, sprout; {f} understand; notice, observe; I twig you; do you twig my meaning? I catch your meaning; I understand (Irish, twigim, I notice ); To twitch; to pull; to tweak; A small store operated by a department store that carries only a very limited amount of merchandise, usually focusing on a few related items; To realise something; to catch on; branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"; To beat with twigs; A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size; A twig is a very small thin branch that grows out from a main branch of a tree or bush; Stem 1 year old or less Usually applied to a stem not including the leaves; A small shoot representing the growth of the previous season; To take a liking to, as in, "One particular deva twigged to the idea of interfering with the Blood War "; the smallest division of a branch; small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year; 1 a stem smaller than 4 cm diameter, within a branch system As cited in; To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover; {i} small branch, shoot, offshoot, sprig; small branch of a nerve or blood vessel (Anatomy); If you twig, you suddenly realize or understand something. Then I twigged that they were illegal immigrants By the time she'd twigged what it was all about it was too late. The current style; the fashion. a small very thin stem of wood that grows from a branch on a tree. twigged twigging to suddenly realize something about a situation; branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions; understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
twig snake: a venomous snake from the genus Thelotornis
twig snakes: plural form of twig snake
twig blight: a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants
twig borer: Any of various small beetles or moths whose larvae bore into the twigs of certain trees, especially fruit trees
lime-twig: A twig used for catching birds that is smeared with birdlime
twiggy: Thin and angular
A twig: twist
lime twig: See under 4th Lime
twiggy: Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots
twiggy: resembling a twig
twiggy: {s} of or pertaining to twigs; resembling a twig, thin, slender; full of twigs, full of shoots or offshoots
twiggy: having many twigs
twigs: third-person singular of twig
twigs: plural of twig

twig

Турецкое произношение

twîg

Произношение

/ˈtwəg/ /ˈtwɪɡ/

Этимология

() Old English twigge, from Proto-Germanic *twīǥan (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dwigha (compare Old Church Slavonic dvigŭ 'branch', Albanian degë 'id.'), from *dwó 'two'. More at two.