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Dec 1, 2009
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twig



Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
—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 blood vessel or nerve.

twig



Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
—v., twigged, twig•ging. Brit.

—v.t.
1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
3. to understand.

—v.i.
to understand.

twig



Pronunciation: (twig), [key]
—n. Brit.
style; fashion.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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