bough
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6.5
- noun
- /baʊ/
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rama
- A rough bed, padded with pine boughs beneath a blanket, took up nearly half of it.
- boughs of leaves
I think that'll give it a lot of like that tufty, kind of WAVY look that the big boughs of pine trees have.
- I think that'll give it a lot of like that tufty, kind of WAVY look that the big boughs of pine trees have.
Examples
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A white figure moves slightly in the boughs of an oak tree.
Fiction book (1993) -
Here, Alex had only the rustle of boughs to contend with, a gentle answer to the wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
High up in the tree, one bough capsized its load of snow.
Fiction book (1993) -
Toshi ties the paper to the bough of a small tree next to the machine.
Fiction book (1996) -
A cardinal flashed from bough to bough, bright against the clearing evening sky.
Fiction book (1994) -
Behind it, silhouetted against the water, is the bough of a plum tree heavy with fruit.
Fiction book (1994) -
I prepared your canoe with cedar boughs.
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On the wall, the rays of light were shaking the shadowy boughs of the pomegranate tree.
Fiction book (1996) -
The branches he fended with his hands were pliant, and the boughs above their heads sighed with life.
Fiction book (1992) -
The child climbed up to the highest bough of the tree to get a better view of the park.
Synonyms
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1.0
A part of a tree that grows from the trunk
64
2.5
A large branch of a tree that sticks out from the trunk
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1.0
A part of a tree that grows from the trunk and holds leaves or fruit
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Etymology
Bough comes from an old English word bōg meaning 'arm' or 'bend', like a bow that curves. So, a bough is the tree's big, arm-like branch that sticks out and often bends, which is why we use it for the larger branches.