Synonyms of the word

twig

• n. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
• v. (transitive) To beat with twigs.
• v. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on.
• v. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
• v. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
• v. (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

apprehend

• v. (transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
• v. (transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
• v. (transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant…
• v. (transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
• v. (intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

branch

• n. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• n. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
• n. (in particular) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (In the US, branch is a Southern US…
• n. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
• n. A location of an organization with several locations.
• n. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant…
• n. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia…
• n. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
• n. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a…
• n. (computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
• n. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build…
• n. (rail transport) A branch line.
• v. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
• v. (intransitive) To produce branches.
• v. (intransitive) To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a…

branchlet

• n. A small branch; a twig or sprig.

compass

• n. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
• n. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
• n. (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
• n. (obsolete) A space within limits; area.
• n. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; boundary; circumference.
• n. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
• n. Scope.
• n. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
• v. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
• v. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
• v. (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
• v. (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
• adv. (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.

comprehend

• v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
• v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

fork

• n. A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.
• n. (obsolete) A gallows.
• n. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
• n. A tuning fork.
• n. An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
• n. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc…
• n. A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions.
• n. (geography) Used in the names of some river tributaries, e.g. West Fork White River and East Fork White…
• n. (figuratively) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
• n. (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a…
• n. (computer science) A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts…
• n. (computer science) An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into…
• n. (computer science) The, or one of the, software project(s) that underwent changes in such an event; a…
• n. (Britain) Crotch.
• n. (colloquial) A forklift.
• n. The individual blades of a forklift.
• n. (cycling) In a bicycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer…
• v. To divide into two or more branches.
• v. (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
• v. (computer science) To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.
• v. (computer science) To split a (software) project into several projects.
• v. (computer science) To split a (software) distributed version control repository.
• v. (Britain) To kick someone in the crotch.
• v. To shoot into blades, as corn does.
• v. Euphemistic form of fuck.

furcate

• adj. Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
• v. To fork or branch out.

grasp

• v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• v. To understand.
• v. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
• n. Grip.
• n. Understanding.
• n. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

grok

• v. (transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively.
• v. To know (something) without having to think intellectually (such as knowing the number of objects in a…
• v. (transitive, slang) To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.

ramify

• v. To divide into branches or subdivisions.
• v. (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.

savvy

• adj. (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
• v. (informal) To understand.
• interj. (informal) Do you understand?
• n. Shrewdness.

separate

• adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
• adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
• v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
• v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
• v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
• v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
• n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

sprig

• n. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
• n. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
• n. A brad, or nail without a head.
• n. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
• n. A house sparrow.
• v. To decorate with sprigs.

tumble

• n. A fall.
• n. An act of sexual intercourse.
• v. (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll.
• v. To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
• v. To roll over and over.
• v. (informal) To have sexual intercourse.
• v. (transitive) To smooth and polish a rough surface on relatively small parts.
• v. To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.