sprig
IPA: sprˈɪg
noun
- A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
- An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
- One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
- (humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad.
- A brad, or nail without a head.
- A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
- A house sparrow.
verb
- To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
- To nail the sole onto a shoe.
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Examples of "sprig" in Sentences
- Some trees have many sprigs.
- The crest is a sprig of barberry.
- It is garnished with sprig of mint leaves.
- It was garnished with sprig of mint leaves.
- Below it was a three leaved sprig and the date.
- A sprig is a single stem snipped from the plant.
- There are sprigs of rosemary and thyme in the garden.
- Dress with the sauce and sprigs of rosemary and thyme.
- By 1926, the State Badge was a sprig of wattle in enamel.
- A sprig is a piece of the herb, with the stem and leaves attached.
- An olive branch or sprig is located above the Roman numerals, with a bound cluster of three arrows below.
- He goes on to state: In the light, I have seen a luminous cloud hover over a heliotrope on a side table, break a sprig off, and carry a sprig to a lady.
- Mr Hervey pronounced these last words in a manner more than usually animated; and whilst he spoke, Belinda stooped to gather a sprig from a myrtle, which stood on the hearth.
- Even the odor of the honeysuckle arising from the garden assisted the reality of the vision, by recalling the sprig of the same flower which Reine was twisting round her fingers at their last interview.
- _In the light_, I have seen a luminous cloud hover over a heliotrope on a side-table, break a sprig off, and carry it to a lady; and on some occasions I have seen a similar luminous cloud condense to the form of a hand and carry small objects about.
- Mrs. Chilton stood on the steps, exchanging smiles and polite nothings, and, as one of the party requested permission to break a sprig of geranium growing near, she gracefully offered to collect a bouquet, adding, as she severed some elegant clusters of heliotrope and jasmine: