twig

Converse of object

• snap: Then the monsters shivered in the cold night; one snapped a twig with his heavy boot.
• collect: Collect some bare twigs, put into water in the class to watch them changing.
• break: As for his disciples they ran away from the garden breaking the twigs in their hurry to disappear.
• cut: You will want to cut the twigs into about ten inch lengths.
• leave: The next morning, I pour off ( and drink ) the wintergreen flavored tea, leaving the twigs in the jar.
• use: Some birds use stones to crush animal shells, chimpanzees use twigs to extract ants.

Adjective modifier

• hazel: Peonies flop, so surround with hazel twigs or metal or plastic supports as they start to sprout in spring.
• birch: Many hundreds of years ago, she would have flogged herself with birch twigs.
• slender: Silver Birch The white bark and slender twigs of this graceful tree preclude confusion with any other.
• twisted: Soon it was just a couple of broken, twisted twigs.
• bare: Anything in nature - a bare twig against the sky - can lighten my mood.
• broken: Soon it was just a couple of broken, twisted twigs.

Modifying Another Word

• finally: Now, however, food giant Heinz has finally twigged that it would make sense to combine the two.
• n't: Hi - I did n't twig you were with AOL.

Noun used with modifier

• willow: Willow twigs have been planted to form a hedge on the bank side.
• oak: The dull black colored adults feed on sap from oak twigs.
• winter: The key is based on the arrangement of leaves on a twig OR features of a winter twig without leaves.
• tree: Drill a hole into the top of a fir tree twig to create the trunk.

Used with why or when

• what: Eventually the German twigged what was going on, then you had to duck a few rifle butts or a kick up the backside.

Preposition: of

• tree: The shape is based on the branches or twigs of the crab apple tree.