present participle of olive-branch

To extend an olive branch; to make a peace offering; to attempt to restore peaceful relations.

simple past tense and past participle of olive-branch

Adorned with one or more olive branches.

plural of olive baboon

Synonym of first olive out of the bottle

An initial obstacle or hindrance, preventing further progress until it is dealt with.

A subfamily of extinct languages formerly spoken in southern Arabia and belonging to the Semitic family. / The abjad used to write these languages.

A commercial and industrial area in Greater London, England, on the boundary between the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham (OS grid ref TQ2182).

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9586). / A census-designated place in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.