hemp
A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to AsiaA tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
» Is mom scolding the horse's hemp?
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Hanf
конопля́konopljá, пенька́penʹká
коно́пліkonópli
(countable, uncountable)Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
(countable, historical, slang, uncountable)The gallows.
- a plant fiber
- any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Examples
12 sentencesIs mom scolding the horse's hemp?
This sofa is made of hemp.
Tom put some hemp milk in his coffee.
Tom got pimples from drinking chocolate hemp milk.
We were at the mill, near the hemp field.
deWir waren bei der Mühle, dicht am Hanffeld. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanaInherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.
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Forms
plural: hempsSynonyms
5 synonyms- any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs:cannabis
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging:hangman's ropehangman's halterhalterhempen necktie
Word family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable