Shoot or twig
1Twig — Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster] The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the… …
2Twig borer — Twig Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster] The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on… …
3Twig girdler — Twig Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster] The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on… …
4Twig rush — Twig Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster] The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on… …
5shoot — [sho͞ot] vt. shot, shooting [ME shoten < OE sceotan, akin to ON skjōta, Ger schiessen < IE base * (s)keud , to throw, shoot > SHUT, OSlav is kydati, to throw out] 1. a) to move swiftly over, by, across, etc. [to shoot the rapids in a… …
6twig — twig1 [twig] n. [ME twigge < OE, akin to Ger zweig < IE * dwigho < base * dwöu , TWO: prob. with reference to the forking of the twig] a small, slender branch or shoot of a tree or shrub twig2 [twig] vt., vi. twigged, twigging [via… …
7twig — Ⅰ. twig [1] ► NOUN ▪ a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub. DERIVATIVES twigged adjective twiggy adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to TWAIN(Cf. ↑twain) and TWO …
8twig — twig1 twigless, adj. twiglike, adj. /twig/, n. 1. a slender shoot of a tree or other plant. 2. a small offshoot from a branch or stem. 3. a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs. 4. Anat. one of the minute branches of a… …
9shoot — shoot1 /shooht/, v., shot, shooting, n. v.t. 1. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise. 3. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a… …
10shoot — [c]/ʃut / (say shooht) verb (shot /ʃɒt / (say shot), shooting) –verb (t) 1. to hit, wound, or kill with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet. 3. to send forth (arrows, bullets, etc.) from a bow, firearm …
