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The meaning of Bough

baʊ

Bough – definition

noun

A main branch of a tree.

Usage examples:

Apple boughs laden with blossom

Synonims:

BranchLimbArmTwigSprigOffshootSpur
noun

A large branch of a tree

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树枝

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Tak, Grote tak, Aftakking

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Branche, Rameau

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Ast, Zweig

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शाखा, टहनी, डाल

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Ramo

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큰 가지

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Сук, Ветвь

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Rama

Word origin

Old English bōg, bōh ‘bough or shoulder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boeg ‘shoulders or ship's bow’, German Bug ‘ship's bow’ and ‘horse's hock or shoulder’, also to bow3.

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Bough synonims

arm

noun

Each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.

Usage examples:

She held the baby in her arms
verb

Supply or provide with weapons.

Usage examples:

The security forces are armed with automatic rifles
noun

Either of the two long parts of the upper body that are joined to the shoulders and have hands at the end

Usage examples:

Her arm was bandaged from elbow to wrist., he held his young son in his arms (= closely)., the arm …
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branch

noun

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.

Usage examples:

Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple
verb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.

Usage examples:

Follow this track south until it branches into two
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limb

noun

An arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.

Usage examples:

They got out, stretching their cramped limbs
noun

The edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.

Usage examples:

The eastern limb of the moon
noun

An arm or leg of a person or animal, or an animal’s wing

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offshoot

noun

A side shoot or branch on a plant.

Usage examples:

Pistia stratiotes l. is a free-floating aquatic angiosperm that can reproduce rapidly by vegetative…
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sprig

noun

A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant.

Usage examples:

A sprig of holly
verb

Decorate (pottery) with small, separately moulded designs.

noun

A small tapering tack with no head, used chiefly to hold glass in a window frame until the putty dries.

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spur

noun

A device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.

Usage examples:

Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the ho…
verb

Urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.

Usage examples:

She spurred her horse towards the hedge
verb

To encourage an activity or development, or to cause something to develop faster

Usage examples:

The huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region., the team's win on saturday will…
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twig

noun

A slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.

Usage examples:

Sound wave vibrations are absorbed by leaves, branches and twigs of trees and shrubs.
verb

Understand or realize something.

Usage examples:

It was amazing that graham hadn't twigged before
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