a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.

a small offshoot from a branch or stem.

a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch

a fire of twigs.

Anatomy . one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.

verb

accept , apprehend , catch , compass , comprehend , conceive , fathom , follow , get , grasp , make out , read , see , sense , take , take in

noun

branch , limb , offshoot , scion , shoot , spray , sprig , switch