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Antonyms for willow

Grammar : Adj
Spell : wil-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪl oʊ

Definition of willow

Origin :
  • Old English welig, from Proto-Germanic *walg- (cf. Old Saxon wilgia, Middle Dutch wilghe, Dutch wilg), probably from PIE *wel- "to turn, roll," with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects. The change in form to -ow (14c.) paralleled that of bellow and fellow. The more typical Germanic word for the tree is represented by withy.
  • As in green : adj emerald in color
Example sentences :
  • There is only one, opposite, at the foot of the first willow.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • And the rest of the journey to Willow Bluff was made almost in silence.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The oak mentioned in this poem is gone, and a willow takes its place.
  • Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
  • Jacob skinned them willow sticks, and skinned the old man, too.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • That green strip of willow is the edge of a quicksand where no one knows the depth.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • They found a willow switch and tamped a handkerchief into the wound.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • This is carried to the lower wire and there firmly tied with willow.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The horse chestnut, the pawpaw, the grape, and the willow are in bloom.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • The rod, which I had thought stiff as a tree, bent like a willow wand.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • Growing on old wood and bark of Elm, Willow, etc., in Autumn.
  • Extract from : « The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio » by A. P. Morgan

Synonyms for willow

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