tendril
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- noun
- /ˈtɛn.drəl/
:
zarcillo
- The climbing plant used its tendril to wrap around the trellis for support.
As beans start to grow, they form tendrils very fast.
- As beans start to grow, they form tendrils very fast.
- The rain is starting to pick up a little bit now, but we've got several tendrils coming down that I'm going to curl up around our trellis here.
- And so this weird little blimp like thing with these two little sort of really long legs walk along that little tendril.
Examples
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A cloak hangs from each of his arms, and he holds a golden plant tendril in his right hand.
Academic text (2008) -
This tendril... wraps around the nearest major artery.
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So the nearest tendril will start to turn brown.
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As soon as it starts to form its little tendrils, we should pack it in.
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Students were asked, "What do you think the author meant when he said the tendrils grasp like hands?"
Academic text (2013) -
Ross's fingers toyed with a tendril of hair next to her ear.
Fiction book (1994) -
In just a few weeks, these stubs will become tendrils of fine, waving roots.
Academic text (2005) -
One long stride brought them face-to-face, so close his breath stirred the tendrils of hair on her forehead.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rain is starting to pick up a little bit now, but we've got several tendrils coming down that I'm going to curl up around our trellis here.
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Like teeming grapevines, however, the tendrils of affiliation intertwining Dickinson's poetry with EBB's grow in multiple directions.
Academic text (2016)
Compounds
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Etymology
The word tendril comes from the Latin tendere, which means 'to stretch', and it is the same root in extend and tension. A tendril is a thin, thread-like part of a plant that 'stretches' out to hold on to things, so the origin helps explain the word's meaning.