twig

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division);
usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
branchlet, sprig
• Derivationally related forms:
twiggy
• Hypernyms:
branch
• Hyponyms:
brier, wand, withe, withy

II - verb

1. branch out in a twiglike manner (Freq. 1)
- The lightning bolt twigged in several directions
• Hypernyms:
branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
• Syn:
catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on,
cotton on, get it
• Hypernyms:
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig,
grasp, compass, apprehend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: get onto)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  branchlet, sprig, catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, get it