See twig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a twig in a bundle cannot be broken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a twig in a bundle can't be broken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a twig in a bundle is unbreakable"
},
{
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"word": "battle-twig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hop the twig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "in prime twig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lime-twig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Macaya green twig anole"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "off one's twig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "one cannot break a twig in a bundle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "one can't break a twig in a bundle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twig and berries"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twiglet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twig rune"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twig snake"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twig wilter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "you cannot break a twig in a bundle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "you can't break a twig in a bundle"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dwóh₁"
},
"expansion": "PIE word\n *dwóh₁",
"name": "PIE word"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "twig"
},
"expansion": "Middle English twig",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "twiġ"
},
"expansion": "Old English twiġ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*twīgą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *twīgą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "twiich"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian twiich",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "twijg"
},
"expansion": "Dutch twijg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Zweig"
},
"expansion": "German Zweig",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dweygʰom"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "двигъ",
"3": "",
"4": "branch"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "degë",
"3": "",
"4": "branch"
},
"expansion": "Albanian degë (“branch”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *dwóh₁\nFrom Middle English twig, twyg, from Old English twiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom (compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh₁. More at two.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twigs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "twig (plural twigs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twigloo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:",
"text": "A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small thin branch of a tree or bush."
],
"id": "en-twig-en-noun-6RJSh05N",
"links": [
[
"branch",
"branch"
],
[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
"bush",
"bush"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "takkie"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡuṣṣayn",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "غُصَّيْن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "branca"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šiv",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "շիվ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "thani",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ঠানি"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "thali",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ঠালি"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "dali",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ডালি"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "botaq",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ботаҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "sıbıq",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "сыбыҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "haliná",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "галіна́"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "halínka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "галі́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klónka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кло́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "véjka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhī",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "枝"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "větvička"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kvist"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "twijg"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "branĉeto"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "oks"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "vits"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvistur"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "vitsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"english": "dry twig",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "risu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brindille"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guizo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bringa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verga"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "garabullo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zweig"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kárphos",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κάρφος"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "sanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "gally"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvistur"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "vitsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "craobhóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ramoscello"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verga"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rametto"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"alt": "こえだ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koeda",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "小枝"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"alt": "えだ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eda",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "枝"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "namutgaji",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "나뭇가지"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rāmulus"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "virga"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šakelė"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Twieg"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "granče",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гранче"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ranting"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cuḷḷi",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ചുള്ളി"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "tākupu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "used in the plural",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "kōetoeto"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "rārā"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "puaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "twygge"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brantchette"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvist"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "twiġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarke",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "ترکه"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gałązka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "witka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "galho"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ramo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rămurea"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rămurică"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nuia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vargă"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smicea"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vétka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vétočka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́точка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bioran"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geug"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meanglan"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ògan"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "òganach"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slat"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprios"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "гранчица"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "вејка"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "grančica"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vejka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vetvička"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vejica"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ramita"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ramilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vara"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kvist"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "siit"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "gangaw"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "sangay"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "remma",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "రెమ్మ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gìng",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "กิ่ง"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"word": "çalı çırpı"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hílka",
"sense": "a small thin branch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"text": "At this point in our story, we first meet the fleet repair ship Kamchatka, who everyone would soon become regrettably familiar with. Her entry into our account here was her signal that she was under attack by torpedo boats! When she was asked how many, she replied \"about eight, from all directions!\". Eventually, someone twigged to the fact that absolutely nobody else could see so much as a seagull, let alone any exceptionally-lost Japanese torpedo boats. And, when nothing actually happened, Kamchatka refused to say that it was a false alarm, only that it had altered course and the torpedo boats had gone away.",
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"text": "This excellent man appears to have sunk into himself in a sitting posture, […] while his exceedingly homely and wrinkled face, held a little on one side, twinkles at you with the shrewdest complacency, as if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal from him.",
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{
"sense": "to understand the meaning",
"word": "work out"
},
{
"sense": "to observe slyly",
"word": "check out"
},
{
"sense": "to observe slyly",
"word": "peep"
},
{
"sense": "to observe slyly",
"word": "spy on"
},
{
"sense": "to observe slyly",
"word": "surveil"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "shvaštam",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "схващам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagrjavam",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "загрявам"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "entraver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "capter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "piger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "mitbekommen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "mitkriegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to realise something",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "checken"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kizuku",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "気づく"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "suvokti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "susigaudyti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "įsisąmoninti"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dogadátʹsja",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "догада́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smeknútʹ",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "смекну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proséčʹ",
"sense": "to realise something",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "просе́чь"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "tuig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "greppa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to realise something",
"word": "fatta"
}
],
"word": "twig"
}
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"Pages with 3 entries",
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"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_text": "Compare tweak.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twigs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "twigging",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "twigged",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twigged",
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"past"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1755, John Shebbeare, Lydia: Or, Filial Piety:",
"text": "Frank shall twig your Nose from your Face",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pull"
],
"links": [
[
"pull",
"pull"
]
],
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"(obsolete, Scotland) To pull"
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To twitch"
],
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[
"twitch",
"twitch"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To tweak"
],
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[
"tweak",
"tweak"
]
]
}
],
"word": "twig"
}
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