withe
A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for bindingA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
» Dmitri told his kids to stay withing viewing distance.
Meaning
4 sensesA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
Bindeweide, Bindegerte
лоза́lozá, хворости́наxvorostína, ви́цаvíca
strong flexible twig
A band of twisted twigs.
band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems
An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
Examples
4 sentencesDmitri told his kids to stay withing viewing distance.
The dung beetle laid its egg withing the dung ball.
Diego responded withing five minutes.
We all arrived at Gunter's place withing minutes of each other.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English withe, from Old English wiþþe (“band, tie”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþiFrom Middle English withe, from Old English wiþþe (“band, tie”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (“cord, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines”), from *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
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