WITHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does withe mean? 

• WITHE (noun)
  The noun WITHE has 2 senses:

1. band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems

2. strong flexible twig

  Familiarity information: WITHE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("withe" is a kind of...):

band (a restraint put around something to hold it together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strong flexible twig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

withe; withy

Hypernyms ("withe" is a kind of...):

branchlet; sprig; twig (a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withe"):

osier (flexible twig of a willow tree)