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bough

[ bou ]

noun

  1. a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.


bough

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. any of the main branches of a tree
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲl adjective
  • ܲd·dzܲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bough1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bogh, Old English ō, bōh “shoulder, bough”; cognate with Old Norse ō, Dutch boeg, German Bug; akin to Greek ê, Sanskrit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bough1

Old English ō arm, twig; related to Old Norse ōr shoulder, ship's bow, Old High German buog shoulder, Greek ŧܲ forearm, Sanskrit ; see bow ³, elbow
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Desert night lizards sleep and forage beneath their fallen boughs.

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In a pleasant place, open yet sheltered by overhanging boughs, the hollow bole of a dead tree lay on the ground.

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Sometimes seven-year-old Bayas would stand on a slender bough and lean out until it bent under his bulk, then ride it to a neighboring trunk.

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That impulse is part of what led education technology company Outschool to explore options besides the typical dinner-and-drinks routine at a bar decked with boughs of holly.

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The inquiry is perhaps the most substantial regulatory consequence to date of X, which has scaled back its content moderation policies since Mr. Musk bough the service, once known as Twitter, last year.

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