Bough

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bough \Bough\, n. [OE. bogh, AS. b[=o]g, b[=o]h, bough,
     shoulder; akin to Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw.
     bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.? ( for ? )
     forearm, Skr. b[=a]hu (for bh[=a]ghu) arm. [root]88, 251. Cf.
     {Bow} of a ship.]
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     1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main
        branch.
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     2. A gallows. [Archaic] --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bough
       n : any of the larger branches of a tree

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bough":
     appendage, arm, bine, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon,
     deadwood, flagellum, fork, frond, hand, imp, joint, leg, limb,
     link, lobe, lobule, member, offshoot, organ, pinion, ramage,
     ramification, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, slip, spear, spray,
     sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tendril,
     thallus, twig, wing