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–noun
a branch of a tree, esp. one of the larger or main branches.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bogh, OE bōg, bōh shoulder, bough; c. ON bōgr, D boeg, G Bug, Gk pêchys, Skt bāhu]

boughless, adjective

1. See branch.
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n.   A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.


[Middle English, from Old English bōh; see bhāghu- in Indo-European roots.]

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bough 
O.E. bog "shoulder, arm," extended O.E. to "twig, branch" (cf. limb), from P.Gmc. *bogaz (cf. O.N. bogr "shoulder," O.H.G. buog), from PIE *bhagus "elbow, forearm" (cf. Skt. bahus "arm," Armenian bazuk, Gk. pakhys "forearm"). The "limb of a tree" sense is peculiar to Eng.

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bough

noun
any of the larger branches of a tree 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bough [bau] noun
a branch of a tree
Example: the bough of an apple tree
Arabic: غُصن، فَرْع
Chinese (Simplified): 树枝,主枝
Chinese (Traditional): 樹枝,主枝
Czech: větev
Danish: gren
Dutch: tak
Estonian: oks
Finnish: oksa
French: branche
German: der Ast
Greek: κλαδί
Hungarian: ág
Icelandic: trjágrein
Indonesian: cabang
Italian: ramo
Japanese: 大枝
Korean: (나무) 가지
Latvian: liels zars
Lithuanian: šaka
Norwegian: grein
Polish: gałąź
Portuguese (Brazil): ramo
Portuguese (Portugal): ramo
Romanian: creangă
Russian: сук
Slovak: konár, vetva
Slovenian: veja
Spanish: rama
Swedish: trädgren
Turkish: dal
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.]

1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.

2. A gallows. [Archaic] --Spenser.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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