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sprig
(sprĭg)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. Archaic 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.]
sprig′ger n.
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(sprɪɡ)n
1. (Botany) a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc; spray
2. (Art Terms) an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers
3. (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 stud17
vb (tr) , sprigs, sprigging or sprigged
7. (Tools) to fasten or secure with sprigs
8. (Art Terms) to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc) with a design of sprigs
9. (Botany) to make sprays from (twigs and branches)
[C15: probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg]
ˈsprigger n
ˈspriggy adj
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sprig
(sprɪg)n., v. sprigged, sprig•ging. n.
1. a small spray of a plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
2. an ornament having the form of such a spray.
3. a shoot, twig, or small branch.
4. a scion; heir.
5. a youth.
6. a headless brad.
v.t. 7. to mark or decorate with a design of sprigs.
8. to fasten with brads.
9. to remove a sprig or sprigs from (a plant).
[1300–50; Middle English sprigge (n.); orig. uncertain; compare spray2]
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Past participle: sprigged
Gerund: sprigging
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Noun | 1. | sprig - 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" |
2. | sprig - an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers |
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Translations
عُسْلوج، أمْلود
větvička
kvist
gallyacska
smágrein, kvistur
šakelė
zariņš
ince dalsürgün
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sprig
(sprig) noun a small piece of a plant; a twig.
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