ве́тка

fairly common #4963C1

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1.
branch, twig, bough
На ве́тке сиде́ла маленькая пти́ца.
A small bird was sitting on the branch.
Typically a smaller branch; a thick main branch is rather «сук».
2.
branch line, spur, line (of a metro)transport
Железнодоро́жная ве́тка идёт до по́рта.
The railway branch line runs to the port.
Of railways, metro and similar networks.
3.
threadinternet
Я вчера́ чита́л э́ту ве́тку на фо́руме.
I was reading that thread on the forum yesterday.
Internet slang.

Examples

Она отмахивалась от комаров веткой.
She waved the mosquitoes away with a branch.
Ве́тка согну́лась, но не слома́лась.
The branch bent but did not break.
Белки пры́гали с ве́тки на ве́тку.
The squirrels jumped from branch to branch.
С дерева свисали длинные ветки.
Long branches hung down from the tree.
Она отгоняла комаров веткой от лица.
She was driving the mosquitoes away from her face with a branch.
Ветка придавила куст к земле.
The branch pressed the bush down to the ground.
Мне пришло́сь обходи́ть лужу, держась за ве́тки дере́вьев, чтобы не упа́сть.
I had to go around a puddle, holding on to the branches of the trees so as not to fall.
Костёр медленно разгорается от сухих веток.
The campfire is slowly catching fire from the dry branches.