Synonyms for twig
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1. twig

   Synonyms:
   sprig, spray, shoot, branch

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1. branchlet, twig, sprigverb

   a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

   Synonyms:
   branchlet, sprig

2. twigverb

   branch out in a twiglike manner

   "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"

   Synonyms:
   tumble, catch on, cotton on, latch on, get onto, get it, get wise

3. catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb

   understand, usually after some initial difficulty

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

   Synonyms:
   whirl around, topple, tip, break down, get onto, fasten on, latch on, collapse, cotton on, whirl, seize on, crumble, hook on, catch on, tumble, take up, get it, get wise, crumple

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1. twignoun

   Synonyms:
   shoot, sprig, spray, branch

2. twigverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] observe, notice, take notice of

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1. twignoun

   Synonyms:
   spray, branch, sprig, switch

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.3 / 3 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "twig":

   stick

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How to use twig in a sentence?

1. Kathe Kollwitz:

   I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.

2. Virgil:

   As a twig is bent the tree inclines.

3. Virgil:

   As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

4. Kathe Kollwitz, O Magazine, September 2002:

   I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.

5. Albert P. Ryder:

   Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or a twig, and then, clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something, to reach something That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have footing.