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bough

[ bou ]

noun

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


bough

/ ²ú²¹ÊŠ /

noun

  1. any of the main branches of a tree
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú´Ç³Ü²µ³ól±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·²ú´Ç³Ü²µ³ó noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bough1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bogh, Old English ²úŲµ, bÅh “shoulder, boughâ€; cognate with Old Norse ²úŲµ°ù, Dutch boeg, German Bug; akin to Greek ±è곦³ó²â²õ, Sanskrit ²úÄå³ó³Ü
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bough1

Old English ²úŲµ arm, twig; related to Old Norse ²úŲµr shoulder, ship's bow, Old High German buog shoulder, Greek ±èŧ°ì³ó³Ü²õ forearm, Sanskrit ²úÄå³ó³Ü ; see bow ³, elbow
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See branch.
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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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