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1. (n.) sprig
a small spray of a plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
2. sprig
an ornament having the form of such a spray.
3. sprig
a shoot, twig, or small branch.
4. sprig
a scion; heir.
5. sprig
a youth.
6. sprig
a headless brad.
7. (v.t.) sprig
to mark or decorate with a design of sprigs.
8. sprig
to fasten with brads.
9. sprig
to remove a sprig or sprigs from (a plant).
Etymology: (1585–95; spright (sp. var. of sprite ) + -ful)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) branchlet, twig, sprig
a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
2. (noun) sprig
an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sprig
a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley
2. (noun) sprig
a youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement
3. (noun) sprig
a brad, or nail without a head
4. (noun) sprig
a small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point
5. (verb) sprig
to mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin
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Sense: a small piece of a plant; a twig.
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 Afrikaans: takkie |
 Arabic: عُسْلوج، أمْلود |
 Bulgarian: клонче |
 Brazilian: rebento |
 Czech: větvička |
 German: der Sproß |
 Danish: kvist |
 Greek: κλαδάκι |
 Estonian: oksaraag |
 Farsi: شاخه ي كوچك |
 Finnish: oksa |
 French: brin |
 Hebrew: עָנָף רַך |
 Hindi: टहनी |
 Croatian: grančica, izdanak |
 Hungarian: gallyacska |
 Indonesian: ranting |
 Icelandic: smágrein, kvistur |
 Italian: rametto |
 Japanese: 小枝 |
 Korean: 잔가지 |
 Lithuanian: šakelė |
 Latvian: zariņš |
 Malay: ranting |
 Dutch: takje |
 Norwegian: grein, kvist |
 Polish: gałązka |
 Portuguese: rebento |
 Romanian: rămurică, crenguţă |
 Russian: веточка; побег |
 Slovak: vetvička |
 Slovenian: vejica |
 Serbian: grančica |
 Swedish: kvist, skott |
 Thai: กิ่งไม้เล็ก ๆ |
 Turkish: ince dal, sürgün |
 Taiwanese: 小枝 |
 Ukrainian: гілочка, пагонець |
 Urdu: کونپل، شاخ یا ڈنڈی |
 Vietnamese: cành non, chồi |
 Chinese: 小枝 |
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