| sprig | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. branchlet, sprig, twig | a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year. |
| ~ brier | a thorny stem or twig. |
| ~ branch | a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant. |
| ~ wand | a thin supple twig or rod.; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers" |
| ~ withy, withe | strong flexible twig. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. sprig | an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| twig | | |
| v. (change) | 1. twig | branch out in a twiglike manner.; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions" |
| ~ furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.; "The road forks" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig | understand, usually after some initial difficulty.; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
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