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sprig

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sprig  (sprg)
n.
1.
a. A small shoot or twig of a plant.
b. An ornament in this shape.
2. A small brad without a head.
3. A young, immature person.
tr.v. sprigged, sprig·ging, sprigs
1. To decorate with a design of sprigs.
2. To remove a sprig or sprigs from (a bush or tree).
3. To fasten with a small headless brad.

[Middle English sprigge, alteration of spring, from Old English, source of water.]

sprigger n.

sprig [sprɪg]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc.; spray
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a small wire nail without a head
4. Informal rare a youth
5. Informal rare a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc.
6. (Clothing & Fashion) NZ another name for stud1 [7]
vb sprigs, sprigging, sprigged (tr)
1. (Engineering / Tools) to fasten or secure with sprigs
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc.) with a design of sprigs
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to make sprays from (twigs and branches)
[probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg]
sprigger  n
spriggy  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sprigsprig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
brier - a thorny stem or twig
branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
wand - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"
withy, withe - strong flexible twig
2.sprig - an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify

sprig
noun spray, stem, twig Chop the watercress, reserving a sprig or two for garnish.
Translations
sprig [sprɪg] N
1. [of heather etc] → espiga f
2. (Tech) → puntilla f

sprig [ˈsprɪg] n [holly, mistletoe] → branche f; [parsley] → brin m

sprig
nZweig m; embroidered with sprigs of heathermit Heidekrautzweigen bestickt

sprig [sprɪg] nramoscello
sprig [sprɪg] nramoscello

sprig
n sprig [sprig]
a small piece of a plant; a twig. takkie عُسْلوج، أمْلود клонче větvička kvist der Sproß κλαδάκι oksaraag شاخه ي كوچك oksa brin עָנָף רַך टहनी grančica, izdanak gallyacska ranting smágrein, kvistur rametto 小枝 잔가지 šakelė zariņš ranting takje grein, kvist gałązka rebento rămurică, crenguţă веточка; побег vetvička vejica grančica kvist, skott กิ่งไม้เล็ก ๆ ince dal, sürgün 小枝 гілочка, пагонець کونپل، شاخ یا ڈنڈی cành non, chồi


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I gave him the button; whereupon he strung it on a strip of his great-coat which he had used to bind the cross; and tying in a little sprig of birch and another of fir, he looked upon his work with satisfaction.
As a little sprig of lavender will perfume a queen's wardrobe, so will a short year of love keep sweet a long life.
She had often thought, though with a feeling of renunciation, that the perfection of a wedding-dress would be a white cotton, with the tiniest pink sprig at wide intervals; so that when Mrs.
 
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