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hemp
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English
Etymology
From Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.
Pronunciation
Noun
hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)
- A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
- (slang, historical) The gallows.
- 1864, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
- A hundred and fifty years ago, Cotton Mather bewails the carnal attractions of the tavern and the training field, and tells of an old Indian, who imperfectly understood the English tongue but desperately mastered enough of it to express a desire for instant hemp rather than listen to any more ghostly consolations.
Derived terms
- bastard hemp
- bowstring hemp
- brown hemp
- Canadian hemp
- crack-hemp
- false hemp
- hemp bush
- hempcrete
- hempen
- hemp heart
- hempish
- hemplike
- hemp milk
- hemp-nettle, hemp nettle
- hemp palm
- hemp seed
- hempseed
- Hemp State
- hemp tree
- hemp-vine
- hempvine
- hempweed
- hemp-widow
- hempwort
- hempy
- Indian hemp
- Jubbulpore hemp
- Madras hemp
- Manila hemp
- Manilla hemp
- riverhemp
- sann hemp
- stretch hemp
- Sunn hemp
- wag hemp
Translations
Cannabis sativa
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a coarse fibre
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish העמד (hemd).
Pronunciation
Noun
hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)
- shirt
- 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk:
- Hy was haar hemp terwyl hy saggies fluit.
- He is washing her shirt while he's whistling softly.
Usage notes
- Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.
Derived terms
- hempbaadjie
- hempbloes
- hempbroek
- hempkraag
- hemplinne
- hemprok
- hempsboordjie
- hempskakel
- hempsknoop
- hempslip
- hempsmou
- T-hemp
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).
Pronunciation
Noun
hemp (uncountable)
- Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
- Hempen fibre or products made of it.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.
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