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Synonyms for hemp

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hemp
Phonetic Transcription : hɛmp

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Définition of hemp

Origin :
  • Old English hænep "hemp, cannabis sativa," from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz (cf. Old Saxon hanap, Old Norse hampr, Old High German hanaf, German Hanf), probably a very early Germanic borrowing of the same Scythian word that became Greek kannabis (see cannabis). As the name of the fiber made from the plant, by c.1300. Slang sense of "marijuana" dates from 1940s; though scientific use for the narcotic derived from hemp dates to 1870.
  • noun plant
Example sentences :
  • Old Noll had a noose of hemp ready for horse-stealers, were they for King or for Parliament.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • As to hemp, it grows so strong as to be much fitter for making cables than cloth.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • It wouldn't be very hard; I could plait you one myself if I only had some hemp.'
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Or sow with hemp all the borders where cabbages are planted, so as to enclose them, and not one of these vermin will approach.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • She will remember now that a skein of hemp thread is not the thing to line her nest with.
  • Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
  • Sheets and table-cloths were of flax or hemp; dishes were of brass or pewter.
  • Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by Samuel Levy Bensusan
  • In practising knot-tying a short piece of hemp rope may be used.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Hemp plantations and a large number of cattle were destroyed.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • I grind at mill       Their malt up still;   I dress their hemp, I spin their tow.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • Yet how will it dilate on the Odyssean smell of hemp and tar!
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks

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