Bough
noun
A large branch of a tree.
I sat on a bough of a large oak tree in the park.
Often appears as...
- break off a bough
- sit on a bough
noun
The main branch of an antler.
The deer had a remarkable number of points on his bough.
noun
A large branch of a tree.
I sat on a bough of a large oak tree in the park.
Often appears as...
- break off a bough
- sit on a bough
noun
The main branch of an antler.
The deer had a remarkable number of points on his bough.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Tree Imagery
Often used to describe scenes in nature and evoke picturesque visuals.
Poets frequently write about birds nesting on the boughs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Small Branches
Refers specifically to larger, sturdy branches rather than twigs or small offshoots.
The child eagerly reached for the swing tied to the sturdy bough.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies the strength of a branch capable of supporting weight.
We hung the treehouse from the strongest bough we could find.
Pro Tip 1/3Tree Imagery
Often used to describe scenes in nature and evoke picturesque visuals.
Poets frequently write about birds nesting on the boughs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Small Branches
Refers specifically to larger, sturdy branches rather than twigs or small offshoots.
The child eagerly reached for the swing tied to the sturdy bough.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies the strength of a branch capable of supporting weight.
We hung the treehouse from the strongest bough we could find.
Pro Tip 1/3Tree Imagery
Often used to describe scenes in nature and evoke picturesque visuals.
Poets frequently write about birds nesting on the boughs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Small Branches
Refers specifically to larger, sturdy branches rather than twigs or small offshoots.
The child eagerly reached for the swing tied to the sturdy bough.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Support
Implies the strength of a branch capable of supporting weight.
We hung the treehouse from the strongest bough we could find.
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Why do we kiss under...
We see mistletoe as a festive decoration, but draped on tree boughs in the wild, it's known as a partly parasitic plant. Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoria that penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and minerals
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
the large fruited the full thorn is it not a magical tree it is not a character in Safari lives I suppose it could be a character or part of a character story if there was a leopard lying in its boughs but in the absence of an actual
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Eagles in the Snow PIPE...
about and move quite freely they get in the way of the boughs they give you a little tip to the side just enough to keep you awake keep you honest oh wow look at that just in front of me here on the ice there's a a red fox
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
Comes through boughs that lie in wait, That brave man. Green and gloomy eyes In dark forms of the grass Run away. The good stars, Pale helms and spiky spurs, Run away.
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Why do we kiss under...
We see mistletoe as a festive decoration, but draped on tree boughs in the wild, it's known as a partly parasitic plant. Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoria that penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and minerals
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
the large fruited the full thorn is it not a magical tree it is not a character in Safari lives I suppose it could be a character or part of a character story if there was a leopard lying in its boughs but in the absence of an actual
Video examples
Eagles in the Snow PIPE...
about and move quite freely they get in the way of the boughs they give you a little tip to the side just enough to keep you awake keep you honest oh wow look at that just in front of me here on the ice there's a a red fox
Video examples
Stephen Burt: Why people...
Comes through boughs that lie in wait, That brave man. Green and gloomy eyes In dark forms of the grass Run away. The good stars, Pale helms and spiky spurs, Run away.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
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Edmonia Lewis
American Sculptor
There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
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William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.
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Edmund Waller
English Poet
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
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Edward Fitzgerald
English Poet
A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.
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David Garrick
English Actor
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying.
Quote examples
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
Quote examples
Edmonia Lewis
American Sculptor
There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
Quote examples
D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
Quote examples
Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
Quote examples
William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.
Quote examples
Edmund Waller
English Poet
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Quote examples
Edward Fitzgerald
English Poet
A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.
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David Garrick
English Actor
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
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