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senses

noun US /ˈsensɪz/

plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana

An inflected form of sens · plural.

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,215 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,904 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. street names for marijuana also: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

senses in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Had the architect's wine bereft him of his senses?

    The Emperor — Volume 02 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1

  • How trill her tears, th' elixir of my senses!

    Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1

  • The hope for celestial happiness deadened the physical senses and softened pain.

    The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1

  • Piers Otway bent before her with unfeigned reverence; she dazzled him, she delighted and confused his senses.

    The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1

  • Still retaining his Zimmerman and his senses, he looked down and beheld the corniferous quadruped gamboling playfully round his singular asylum.

    Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1

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