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Definition of “bough”

bough (baʊ Pronunciation for bough

Definitions

noun

  1. any of the main branches of a tree

Word Origin

Old English bōg arm, twig; related to Old Norse bōgr shoulder, ship's bow, Old High German buog shoulder, Greek pēkhus forearm, Sanskrit bāhu; see bow³, elbow

Example Sentences Including 'bough'

He does not know it but he is looking straight at me, my face concealed behind a bough thick with leaves.
Trenhalle, John A Means to Evil
He introduced the disgraced former BBC Breakfast Time presenter with the classic oral sex joke: "Would you please bough Frank Welcome.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
I seized quite a small branch from a nearby tree and tried to pull it over me, announcing that I must hide under this vast, dark bough.
Fox, Angela Slightly Foxed
Meals can be enjoyed in the homestead or under the `` bough shed'.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
Mother Goose e-mails back: "When the bough breaks, the baby will fall, and down will come Kevin, advisers and all.
Toronto Sun (2003)
On top of the corpse had been cast a bough of cherry blossom.
Barnard, Robert Death in Purple Prose
On two chairs beneath the bole of the tree and canopied by a living bough there sat, side by side, Celeborn and Galadriel.
J.R.R. Tolkien THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
The lilacs are shrivelling on the bough instead of filling the air with the heady perfume that should be the scent of Moscow in May.
Independent (1999)

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