(v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
(v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
(n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
(v. t.) To beat with twigs.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was also demonstrated that the plexus of the median eminence is, at its periphery, in direct communication with the systemic venous twigs.
(2) The twig was removed, and calcium-dextrose and penicillin G were administered.
(3) At least 114 of the women at UTH induce abortion themselves by inserting plants or twigs into the cervix.
(4) But let’s talk about twigs (Formerly Known As Tahliah).
(5) These findings suggest that the inflow of blood into the common carotid body artery may be regulated by its constriction, especially of its arterial cushion, and that the subsidiary branches of the common carotid body artery and the accessory twigs of the proper carotid body artery may act as bypass-routes to eliminate the excessive inflow of blood into the carotid body.
(6) All recordings showed abnormal jitter, many (75%) displayed intermittent blocking, and most had abnormal fibre density (mean 4.3), demonstrating considerable degrees of collateral sprouting supported by the fasciculating motor units, and varying degrees of functional immaturity of the new axonal twigs and the motor end plates.
(7) Responses of single muscle fibres to electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve trunk or of the intramuscular nerve twigs were detected in young volunteers without evidence of neurological disease.
(8) The double afferent arterioles arose separately from a terminal twig of the interlobular artery and reached the vascular pole of a subcapsular glomerulus which possessed a single efferent arteriole.
(9) The bulbospongiosus and the transversus perinei superficialis receive several twigs from the medial and intermediate cutaneous branches of the perineal nerve.
(10) Except for one patient the accessory renal arteries missed at angiography were tiny twigs; the small renal infarcts caused by ligating them did not impair transplant survival.
(11) The shape of the lobulus testis is indicated by the centripetal branch with its centrifugal twigs.
(12) That’s a specialised form of garden work they’re wanting,” he told me with a wink, and when I still didn’t twig, he explained that Garberville is the capital of Californian marijuana culture.
(13) A ventral twig of SO innervates the ventral snout (normally IO territory) and projects into the electroreceptive lateral line lobe in an IO pattern.
(14) Eleven months old and with a squidgy layer of puppy fat still on show, she’s busy tying me in knots with a lead and is clearly no dummy – within minutes she has twigged that I have a stash of dog-chews in my bag and is clearly hatching a plan to get at them.
(15) If the prosecutor asked the court to burn Pussy Riot at the stake, I can just picture the courtroom staff running around, gathering twigs and lighter fluid.
(16) An olfactory nerve twig produced a different magnitude of responses to the various odor stimuli.
(17) If coracoid mobilization is necessary, the musculocutaneous nerve and its twigs should be identified and protected, keeping in mind the variations in anatomy and the level of penetration.
(18) A preparation has been developed in the pigeon which allows recording of the electrical activity from an olfactory nerve twig containing the nonmyelinated axons of a small group of olfactory receptor cells.
(19) Gamma irradiation resulted in pale, foamy cytoplasmic vesicles, the separation of smooth muscle cells and changes in the structure of the luminal aspect of arterial blood vessels while neutron irradiation produced dense cytoplasmic vesicles and electron dense bodies within the substance of peripheral nerve twigs.
(20) Morphological adaptations to climbing (a scansorial mode of quadrupedal, arboreal locomotion practised on twigs and small branches) are identified by relating anatomical details of limb bones to a sample of 6,136 instantaneous observational recordings on the positional behavior and support uses of 20 different free-ranging, adult red howlers.
Withe
Definition:
(n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
(n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.
(n.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.
(n.) A partition between flues in a chimney.
(v. t.) To bind or fasten with withes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ridges interlink with definitive rows of particles associated withe PF fracture face of the innter leaflet of the plasma membrane.
(2) T-cell antigens were detectable in all specimens positive for rosette formation withe untreated erythrocytes, in four of the six specimens positive for rosette formation with AET-treated erythrocytes, and in four specimens that showed no rosette formation under any of the experimental conditions used.
(3) In stationary CEF cells arrested in the G1 phase of the cell replication cycle by serum deprivation and infected withe CELO virs, no cytopathic effect could be observed, and only very low amounts of virus were produced.
(4) Partners include Adidas, Nike, Withings, Intel, Asus, RunKeeper, LG, Basis, Runtastic and Polar.
(5) The Barber Suggestibility Scale, as a measure of hypnotic susceptibility, was administered to 130 British undergraduate students by 13 student experimenters in a 2 x 2 factorial design withe sex of the subject and the sex of the experimenter as the two variables.
(6) Medical treatment is potentially more important than surgical treatment for the large majority of patients presenting withe breast cancer.
(7) Although these bacteria rarely occur in clinical specimens, the clinical microbiologist should be familiar withe their outstanding characteristics.
(8) Apple announced partners for its HomeKit – the developer platform underlying the Home app – including Texas Instruments, Philips, Haier, Netamo, Withings, Honeywell, Marvel, Osram and Broadcom.
(9) Withing’s new Aura promises to wake you up with “scientifically validated” coloured light when you’re ready in the morning.
(10) These results suggest that an extensor spasticity withe flexor weakness, which is common in capsular hemiplegia, may be due to an imbalance of reflex activities via Ia muscle afferents, and that a part of flexor weakness can be restored by "disinhibition' by reduction of Ia inflow from extensor muscles.
(11) One of the major metabolites is 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen which we have identified by cocrystallisation withe non radioactive compound and which is known to display a high affinity for the estrogen receptor.
(12) Interaction of copper(II) with guanosine, 2'-deoxyguanosine, 1-methylguanosine, 7-methylguanosine and GMP was studied withe use of spectroscopic and magneto-chemical methods.
(13) Although a total response rate of 96 percent was achieved after six months, the results showed that cigarette smoker response rates were considerably lower than the other smoker categories withing 30 days and within 60 days of the original mailing date.
(14) 52 patients with benign monoclonal gammopathy were HLA typed and compared withe 48 patients with malignant monoclonal gammopathy.
(15) By the use of complexes of HSA-anti-HSA in ten times antigen excess, the time for localization of HSA withing germinal centres was accelerated as compared with soluble HSA, so that newly formed centres containing antigen-bearing dendritic ells were seen at 48 hours instead of 72 hours after use of soluble HSA.
(16) In Chinese hamster cells immediately after medium changing in stationary cultures there is an augmentation of PSH content in parallel withe the increase in RNA synthesis rate.
(17) All tumors activated sulfate to adenosine-3'-phospho-5'-phosphosulfate and the concentrations were significantly correlated withe the recorded levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate.
(18) Neither the total dose of radiation nor the dose per week correlated withe the severity of reaction or death.
(19) In contrast, progression was very rapid in two of 300 other patients with the disease, leading to fatal thyrotoxic crisis withing three months in one.
(20) This effect was greater withe native than with partially reduced SC.