sleeping-draught

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• sleeping draught — ► NOUN Brit. dated ▪ a drink or drug intended to induce sleep …   English terms dictionary

• sleeping draught — noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) • Syn: ↑sleeping pill, ↑sleeping tablet, ↑sleeping capsule • Hypernyms: ↑soporific, ↑hypnotic, ↑pill, ↑lozenge, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sleeping-draught — /ˈslipɪŋ draft/ (say sleeping drahft) noun a drink containing a drug which induces sleep …  

• sleeping draught — noun Brit. dated a drink or drug intended to induce sleep …   English new terms dictionary

• sleeping draught — noun (C) old use a special drink which makes you sleep …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• draught — (US draft) ► NOUN 1) a current of cool air in a room or confined space. 2) a single act of drinking or inhaling. 3) literary or archaic a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties: a sleeping draught. 4) the depth of water needed to float a… …   English terms dictionary

• draught — [[t]drɑ͟ːft, dræ̱ft[/t]] draughts (in AM, use draft) 1) N COUNT A draught is a current of air that comes into a place in an undesirable way. Block draughts around doors and windows... On a cold day there can be quite a draught from the letterbox …   English dictionary

• draught — draught1 [dra:ft US dræft] n BrE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(air)¦ 2¦(beer)¦ 3¦(game)¦ 4¦(medicine)¦ 5¦(ship)¦ 6¦(swallow)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old English; Origin: dragan to pull ; DRAW1 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• draught — 1 BrE, draft AmE noun (C) 1 COLD AIR a current of cold air flowing through a room: Shut the window there s a draught in here! 2 GAME draughts (plural) BrE a) a game played by two people, each with 12 round pieces, on a board of 64 squares;… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sleeping tablet — noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) • Syn: ↑sleeping pill, ↑sleeping capsule, ↑sleeping draught • Hypernyms: ↑soporific, ↑hypnotic, ↑pill, ↑lozenge, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sleeping pill — noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sleeping tablet, ↑sleeping capsule, ↑sleeping draught • Hypernyms: ↑soporific, ↑hypnotic, ↑pill, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary