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title="bough – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/bough" title="bough – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="bough" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" 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title="bowe">bowe</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">both obsolete</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright PIE-word" style="text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><th>PIE word</th></tr><tr><td><span class="Latn" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/b%CA%B0eh%E2%82%82%C7%B5%CA%B0%C3%BAs" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰeh₂ǵʰús">*bʰeh₂ǵʰús</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lago_Dobson_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lago_Dobson_08.jpg/220px-Lago_Dobson_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lago_Dobson_08.jpg/330px-Lago_Dobson_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lago_Dobson_08.jpg/440px-Lago_Dobson_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4176" data-file-height="2712" /></a><figcaption>A bough <i>(sense 1)</i> of a <a href="/wiki/pencil_pine" title="pencil pine">pencil pine</a> (<span class="biota"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athrotaxis_cupressoides" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Athrotaxis cupressoides"><i>Athrotaxis cupressoides</i></a></span>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Field_National_Park" class="extiw" title="w:Mount Field National Park">Mount Field National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">bough</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">branch of a bush or tree, especially a main branch; limb of an animal or person; something resembling a branch (such as a plant root or branch of a nerve); (<i>figuratively</i>) Christian cross; descendant, offspring</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span><span title="boe, bog, bogh, boghe, boght, boh, bohu, bohw, boow, bou, boughe, bouh, bouw, bouȝ, bouȝe, bow, bowe, bowȝe, boȝ, boȝe, boȝh, bugh, bught, buh, buȝ">and other forms</span><span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bog#Old_English" title="bog">bōg</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/boh#Old_English" title="boh">bōh</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">tree bough or branch; arm; shoulder</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/b%C5%8Dgu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōgu (page does not exist)">*bōgu</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/b%C5%8Dguz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōguz">*bōguz</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">shoulder; upper arm</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/b%CA%B0eh%E2%82%82%C7%B5%CA%B0%C3%BAs" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰeh₂ǵʰús">*bʰeh₂ǵʰús</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">arm</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saterland_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Saterland Frisian language">Saterland Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="stq"><a href="/wiki/Bouch#Saterland_Frisian" title="Bouch">Bouch</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/boech#West_Frisian" title="boech">boech</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/boeg#Dutch" title="boeg">boeg</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">German Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds-de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boog (page does not exist)">Boog</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bug#German" title="Bug">Bug</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/bov#Danish" title="bov">bov</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%B3gur#Icelandic" title="bógur">bógur</a></i>, and distantly with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%80%E1%BF%86%CF%87%CF%85%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="πῆχυς">πῆχυς</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">pêkhus</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">forearm, cubit, etc.</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bow#English" title="bow">bow</a></i> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">"front of a ship, prow"</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/baʊ/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-us-bough.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-us-bough.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-us-bough.ogg/En-us-bough.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-us-bough.ogg" title="File:En-us-bough.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bow#English" title="bow">bow</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/a%CA%8A" title="Rhymes:English/aʊ"><span class="IPA">-aʊ</span></a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-uk-bough.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-uk-bough.ogg/En-uk-bough.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-uk-bough.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-uk-bough.ogg" title="File:En-uk-bough.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">bough</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/boughs#English" title="boughs">boughs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/tree-branch#Noun" title="tree-branch">tree-branch</a>, usually a <a href="/wiki/primary" title="primary">primary</a> one directly attached to the <a href="/wiki/trunk" title="trunk">trunk</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">When the <b>bough</b> breaks, the cradle will fall. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby" class="extiw" title="w:Rock-a-bye Baby">Rock-a-bye Baby</a>)</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1610–1611</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest" class="extiw" title="w:The Tempest">The Tempest</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act V, scene i<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n40/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">17</span></a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the <b>Bow</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1611</b></span>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Imprinted at London by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a></small>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Bible1611/page/n296/mode/1up">24:20</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When thou beateſt thine oliue tree thou shalt not goe ouer the <b>boughes</b> againe: it shall be for the ſtranger, for the fatherleſſe, and for the widow.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1653</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton" class="extiw" title="w:Izaak Walton">Iz[aak] Wa[lton]</a>, chapter VII, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Angler" class="extiw" title="w:The Compleat Angler">The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> T. Maxey for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Richard_Marriot#Richard_Marriot" class="extiw" title="w:John and Richard Marriot">Rich<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ard<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Marriot</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="in S. Dunstans Church-yard Fleetstreet">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1097101645">→OCLC</a></small>; reprinted as <cite>The Compleat Angler</cite> (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, <span class="None" lang="und">1969</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-6003-010-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-6003-010-3">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nPY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA154">page <span class="None" lang="und">154</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[Y]ou are to faſten that line to any <b>bow</b> neer to a hole where a <i>Pike</i> is, or is likely to lye, or to have a haunt, <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1719</b> May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" class="extiw" title="w:Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe" class="extiw" title="w:Robinson Crusoe">The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque; having been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein All the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how He was at Last as Strangely Deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by Himself.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Taylor<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/15864594">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-life-and-strange-sur_defoe-daniel_1719_0/page/139/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">139</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When the Corn was ſow'd, I had no Harrow, but was forced to go over it my ſelf, and drag a great heavy <b>Bough</b> of a Tree over it, to Scratch it, as it may be call'd, rather than Rake or harrow it.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1819</b> May</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats" class="extiw" title="w:John Keats">John Keats</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_on_a_Grecian_Urn" class="extiw" title="w:Ode on a Grecian Urn">Ode on a Grecian Urn</a>”, in <cite>Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems</cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Davison" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Davison">Thomas Davison</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_(English_publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:John Taylor (English publisher)">Taylor and Hessey</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Fleet-Street.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1820</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/927360557">→OCLC</a></small>, stanza 3, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HNc_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA114">page <span class="None" lang="und">114</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Ah, happy, happy <b>boughs</b>! that cannot shed / Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1897</b> December (indicated as <b>1898</b>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_(novelist)" class="extiw" title="w:Winston Churchill (novelist)">Winston Churchill</a>, chapter VIII, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrity" class="extiw" title="w:The Celebrity">The Celebrity: An Episode</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Inc.">The Macmillan Company</a>; London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan & Co., Ltd.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/222716698">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/celebrityanepis01churgoog/page/n139/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">121</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Now we plunged into a deep shade with the <b>boughs</b> lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1913</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Plane_Pycraft" class="extiw" title="w:William Plane Pycraft">W[illiam] P[lane] Pycraft</a>, “Reptilian Liveries”, in <cite>The Infancy of Animals</cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Holt_and_Company" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Holt and Company">Henry Holt and Company</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/766218">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KDQzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA174">pages <span class="None" lang="und">173–174</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[T]he creature [a Wagler's viper (<i>Tropidolaemus wagleri</i>)] is arboreal and feeds on birds. This extremely agile prey it is able to capture with ease, because it has developed a prehensile tail whereby it is able to take a secure grip of a <b>bough</b>, leaving the rest of the body free to be instantly uncoiled as the fatal dart on the victim is made. The green colour of the young snake is a protective garment, enabling it to lie concealed among the smaller green <b>boughs</b>. Later, with increased bulk, older and therefore black <b>boughs</b> have to bear the weight of the body, against which a green body would be somewhat conspicuous, or would at any rate excite suspicion.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Coetzee" class="extiw" title="w:J. M. Coetzee">J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee</a>, chapter 18, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Childhood_of_Jesus" class="extiw" title="w:The Childhood of Jesus">The Childhood of Jesus</a></cite>, Melbourne, Vic.: The Text Publishing Company, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-922079-70-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-922079-70-1">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">172</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A pair of birds settle on the <b>bough</b> above them, murmuring together, ready to roost.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span>, Katie Ruggle, <cite>Through the Fire</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Desperate to stop before hurling herself off the edge of the cliff, she grabbed for a nearby tree branch, but the spindly <b>bough</b> snapped off in her hands.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#poetic" title="Appendix:Glossary">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/gallows" title="gallows">gallows</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1584</b></span>, <cite>A Breefe Discourse, Declaring and Approuing the Necessarie and Inuiolable Maintenance of the Laudable Customes of London:<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Namely, of That One, whereby a Reasonable Partition of the Goods of Husbands among Their Wiues and Children is Prouided: With an Answer to Such Objections and Pretended Reasons, as are by Persons Vnaduised or Euil Persuaded, Vsed against the Same.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="At London printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> Henrie Midleton for Rafe Newberie, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/25316347">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jXZnAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA27">pages <span class="None" lang="und">26–27</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It was vſed of auncient time in Gauelkind land, & hath receiued the allowance and iudgement of a good and lawfull cuſtome, that if the huſband be attainted and executed for a felonie by him committed, yet ſhall his wife for the ſolace of her loſſe and deſolation haue her dowrie of his land, and alſo the heire ſhall inherite the ſame according to that olde ſaying: The father to the <b>bough</b>, & the ſonne to the plough, <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1870</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris" class="extiw" title="w:William Morris">William Morris</a>, “December: The Fostering of Aslaug”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Earthly_Paradise" class="extiw" title="w:The Earthly Paradise">The Earthly Paradise: A Poem</a></cite>, part IV, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Startridge_Ellis" class="extiw" title="w:Frederick Startridge Ellis">F<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>rederick<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> S<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>tartridge<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Ellis</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="33 King Street, Covent Garden.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/51004898">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t0ms3xw3q&view=1up&seq=89">page <span class="None" lang="und">77</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"No need," he said, "long words to make, / And little heed we thy lies now, / But if she doom thee to the <b>bough</b>.["]</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Bough_Beech#English" title="Bough Beech">Bough Beech</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/boughed#English" title="boughed">boughed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/boughless#English" title="boughless">boughless</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bough_pot#English" title="bough pot">bough pot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/boughy#English" title="boughy">boughy</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-firm_(and_often_larger)_branch_of_a_tree"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">firm (and often larger) branch of a tree</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="firm (and often larger) branch of a tree"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/deg%C3%AB#Albanian" title="degë">degë</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/deg%C3%AB" class="extiw" title="sq:degë">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B5%D9%86#Arabic" title="غصن">غُصْن</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḡuṣn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%B3%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B2#Armenian" title="ճյուղ">ճյուղ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B3%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B2" class="extiw" title="hy:ճյուղ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">čyuġ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF#Armenian" title="ոստ">ոստ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF" class="extiw" title="hy:ոստ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Old Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="xcl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B3%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ճիւղ (page does not exist)">ճիւղ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="xcl-Latn" class="tr Latn">čiwł</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="xcl"><a href="/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B2%D6%80#Old_Armenian" title="կողր">կողր</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="xcl-Latn" class="tr Latn">kołr</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="xcl"><a href="/wiki/%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF#Old_Armenian" title="ոստ">ոստ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="xcl-Latn" class="tr Latn">ost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0#Belarusian" title="галіна">галіна́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://be.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="be:галіна">(be)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">haliná</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="галінка (page does not exist)">галі́нка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">halínka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA#Belarusian" title="сук">сук</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">suk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="клон">клон</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:клон">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">klon</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/branca#Catalan" title="branca">branca</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" class="extiw" title="ca:branca">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7#Mandarin" title="大">大</a><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Mandarin" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">dà zhī</span>, literally <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">large branch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%A8%B9%E6%9E%9D#Mandarin" title="樹枝">樹枝</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%A0%91%E6%9E%9D#Mandarin" title="树枝">树枝</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A8%B9%E6%9E%9D" class="extiw" title="zh:樹枝">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">shùzhī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Mandarin" title="枝">枝</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9E%9D" class="extiw" title="zh:枝">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zhī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C4%9Btev#Czech" title="větev">větev</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C4%9Btev" class="extiw" title="cs:větev">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C4%9Bt%C3%A9vka#Czech" title="větévka">větévka</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/gren#Danish" title="gren">gren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/gren" class="extiw" title="da:gren">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/tak#Dutch" title="tak">tak</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tak" class="extiw" title="nl:tak">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/bran%C4%89o#Esperanto" title="branĉo">branĉo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/bran%C4%89o" class="extiw" title="eo:branĉo">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C3%BCvik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tüvik (page does not exist)">tüvik</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/grein#Faroese" title="grein">grein</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/oksa#Finnish" title="oksa">oksa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/oksa" class="extiw" title="fi:oksa">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/haara#Finnish" title="haara">haara</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/haara" class="extiw" title="fi:haara">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/branche#French" title="branche">branche</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/branche" class="extiw" title="fr:branche">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/galla#Galician" title="galla">galla</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%B3la#Galician" title="póla">póla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%B3la" class="extiw" title="gl:póla">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/rama#Galician" title="rama">rama</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/rama" class="extiw" title="gl:rama">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D#Georgian" title="შტო">შტო</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">šṭo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Ast#German" title="Ast">Ast</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ast" class="extiw" title="de:Ast">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="κλάδος">κλάδος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:κλάδος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">kládos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%8E%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀκρεμών">ἀκρεμών</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">akremṓn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="κλάδος">κλάδος</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">kládos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BD%80%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ὀρόδαμνος">ὀρόδαμνος</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">oródamnos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%91%D7%93#Hebrew" title="בד">בַּד</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%93" class="extiw" title="he:בד">(he)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">bad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1g#Hungarian" title="ág">ág</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1g" class="extiw" title="hu:ág">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/grein#Icelandic" title="grein">grein</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/grein" class="extiw" title="is:grein">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/trj%C3%A1grein#Icelandic" title="trjágrein">trjágrein</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/trj%C3%A1grein" class="extiw" title="is:trjágrein">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/brancho#Ido" title="brancho">brancho</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/brancho" class="extiw" title="io:brancho">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/g%C3%A9ag#Irish" title="géag">géag</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ramo#Italian" title="ramo">ramo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ramo" class="extiw" title="it:ramo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Japanese" title="枝">枝</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9E%9D" class="extiw" title="ja:枝">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">えだ, eda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%9E%9D#Japanese" title="大枝">大枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">おおえだ, ōeda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA#Kazakh" title="сук">сук</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">suk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%A7%80#Korean" title="가지">가지</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%A7%80" class="extiw" title="ko:가지">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">gaji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kunigami: <span class="Jpan" lang="xug"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Kunigami" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="xug-Latn" class="tr Latn">ゆだー, yudā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ramus#Latin" title="ramus">rāmus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/termes#Latin" title="termes">termes</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="гранка">гранка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">granka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C5%ABh%C4%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kūhā (page does not exist)">kūhā</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C5%ABwh%C4%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kūwhā (page does not exist)">kūwhā</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C5%ABh%C4%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rūhā (page does not exist)">rūhā</a></span></li> <li>Miyako: <span class="Jpan" lang="mvi"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Miyako" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mvi-Latn" class="tr Latn">ゆだ, yuda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Navajo: <span class="Latn" lang="nv"><a href="/wiki/ats%CA%BC%C3%A1oz%CA%BCa%CA%BC#Navajo" title="atsʼáozʼaʼ">atsʼáozʼaʼ</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/grein#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="grein">grein</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/grein" class="extiw" title="no:grein">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/gren#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="gren">gren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/gren" class="extiw" title="no:gren">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/grein#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="grein">grein</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/branca#Occitan" title="branca">branca</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" class="extiw" title="oc:branca">(oc)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Ojibwe: <span class="Latn" lang="oj"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wadikwan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wadikwan (page does not exist)">wadikwan</a></span></li> <li>Okinawan: <span class="Jpan" lang="ryu"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Okinawan" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ryu-Latn" class="tr Latn">いぃだ, yida, ゆだ, yuda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%87#Persian" title="شاخه">شاخه</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%87" class="extiw" title="fa:شاخه">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">šâxe</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ga%C5%82%C4%85%C5%BA#Polish" title="gałąź">gałąź</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ga%C5%82%C4%85%C5%BA" class="extiw" title="pl:gałąź">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/konar#Polish" title="konar">konar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/konar" class="extiw" title="pl:konar">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/galhada#Portuguese" title="galhada">galhada</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/galhada" class="extiw" title="pt:galhada">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/galho#Portuguese" title="galho">galho</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/galho" class="extiw" title="pt:galho">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ramo#Portuguese" title="ramo">ramo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ramo" class="extiw" title="pt:ramo">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/creang%C4%83#Romanian" title="creangă">creangă</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/creang%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:creangă">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/crac%C4%83#Romanian" title="cracă">cracă</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/crac%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:cracă">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA#Russian" title="сук">сук</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:сук">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">suk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="ветка">ве́тка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:ветка">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">vétka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%8C#Russian" title="ветвь">ветвь</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:ветвь">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">vetvʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/faillean#Scottish_Gaelic" title="faillean">faillean</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/fi%C3%B9ran#Scottish_Gaelic" title="fiùran">fiùran</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/geug#Scottish_Gaelic" title="geug">geug</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/geug" class="extiw" title="gd:geug">(gd)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/meanglan#Scottish_Gaelic" title="meanglan">meanglan</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/meur#Scottish_Gaelic" title="meur">meur</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B2ganach#Scottish_Gaelic" title="òganach">òganach</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="грана">гра́на</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/grana#Serbo-Croatian" title="grana">grána</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/grana" class="extiw" title="sh:grana">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/kon%C3%A1r#Slovak" title="konár">konár</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/kon%C3%A1r" class="extiw" title="sk:konár">(sk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/vetva#Slovak" title="vetva">vetva</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/veja#Slovene" title="veja">veja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/veja" class="extiw" title="sl:veja">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/rama#Spanish" title="rama">rama</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/rama" class="extiw" title="es:rama">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/gren#Swedish" title="gren">gren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/gren" class="extiw" title="sv:gren">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tr%C3%A4dgren#Swedish" title="trädgren">trädgren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tr%C3%A4dgren" class="extiw" title="sv:trädgren">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/dal#Turkish" title="dal">dal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/dal" class="extiw" title="tr:dal">(tr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span></li> <li>Udi: <span class="Cyrl" lang="udi"><a href="/wiki/%D1%87%D3%8F%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%8A#Udi" title="чӏугъ">чӏугъ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="udi-Latn" class="tr Latn">č̣uɣ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0#Ukrainian" title="гілка">гі́лка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="uk:гілка">(uk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">hílka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA#Ukrainian" title="сук">сук</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">suk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/c%C3%A0nh#Vietnamese" title="cành">cành</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C3%A0nh" class="extiw" title="vi:cành">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ng%C3%A0nh#Vietnamese" title="ngành">ngành</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ng%C3%A0nh" class="extiw" title="vi:ngành">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/nh%C3%A1nh#Vietnamese" title="nhánh">nhánh</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nh%C3%A1nh" class="extiw" title="vi:nhánh">(vi)</a></span></li> <li>Vilamovian: <span class="Latn" lang="wym"><a href="/wiki/ost#Vilamovian" title="ost">ost</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/cangen#Welsh" title="cangen">cangen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/cangen" class="extiw" title="cy:cangen">(cy)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/gwialen#Welsh" title="gwialen">gwialen</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Yaeyama: <span class="Jpan" lang="rys"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Yaeyama" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="rys-Latn" class="tr Latn">ゆだ, yuda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%B2%D6%B7%D7%92#Yiddish" title="צווײַג">צווײַג</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">tsvayg</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Yonaguni: <span class="Jpan" lang="yoi"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9E%9D#Yonaguni" title="枝">枝</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yoi-Latn" class="tr Latn">どぅだ, duda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED5695">bǒugh, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Compare <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/21973">bough, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">June 2021</span></span></span>; <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/https://www.lexico.com/definition/bough">bough, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bough&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/branch" 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