quaff

«quaff» in Mova's school dictionary: to drink something quickly and deeply, in big gulps — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (quaffs, quaffed, quaffing) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

To quaff is to drink something quickly and deeply, in big gulps. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories heroes and guests quaff cups of wine or ale, meaning drink them with joy

examples

• Quaff this cup of cold water, lad. tree →
• The knight quaffed the mug in one go. tree →
• We quaffed lemonade on the hot day. tree →
• Let us quaff a cup together. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «quaff» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.