willow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English wilwe, welew, variant of wilghe, from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite 𒌑𒂖𒆪 (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”).
Inflected forms:
form: willows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: willows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: willowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: willowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: willowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
The pounded leaves of the willow, drunk in a concoction, were formerly reputed to diminish amatory desires.
By old age she was emaciated, the bones jutting out of her face and her figure frail as a willow branch.
Deep in the willow / Hidden from grace / Succumb to insecurity / Your final resting place / Crafting your perfect world, ignoring total truth / You'll die alone / There's only room for you
gloss: The wood of these trees.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A cricket bat.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
gloss: The baseball bat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Willowing over the rough cobbles of the little pier stepped a thin, bent figure, adorned with a silver nanny-goat's beard and bobbling eyes interrupted by the rim of a pair of pince-nez.
Joe’s impulse was to sketch her, with her shadow willowing beyond her on the mouse-gray paving-stone; but his left fist, obeying instinct, remained clenched behind his back […]
It was floating a foot under the surface. The eyes were holes. The mouth was a slit cavern of darkness. The hair willowed around the scalp.
The draft-drawn smoke willowed down through the hole and across my face, but I didn’t worry about coughing or sneezing.
Synonyms: withy
Derived words: almond willow
arctic willow
arroyo willow
Australian willow
Babylon willow
balsam willow
Barton-le-Willows
basket willow
bay willow
bearberry willow
Bedford willow
black willow
button willow
crack willow
desert willow
downy willow
French willow
goat willow
Huntingdon willow
Kennicott's willow warbler
least willow
Newton-le-Willows
peachleaf willow
Peking willow
polar willow
prairie willow
primrose-willow
pussy willow
pussy-willow
Red Willow County
Red Willow Creek
rosebay willow herb
sageleaf willow
sea-willow
sea willow
strip the willow
tea-leaved willow
undergreen willow
Walsham le Willows
water willow
weeping willow
white willow
Willowbank
Willow Bunch
Willow Canyon
Willow Creek
willow fly
willow goldfinch
willow grouse
Willow Grove
willowherb
willow in the wind
willow-leaved justicia
Willowmavin
willow oak
willow pattern
willow ptarmigan
willow ragwort
Willows
Willow Springs
willow tit
Willow Tree
willow tree
Willowvale
Willow Vale
willow warbler
willow-weed
willow-wort
willow wren
wolf willow
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