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# kief

noun (kief, uncountable; also kif, kef)

«kief» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A powder made from the tiny hairs on the flowers of the cannabis plant, which is a drug and is illegal in many countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#m1)
2. (old, North Africa and Middle East) A dreamy, lazy, peaceful feeling, as if half asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#m2)

### In the lessons

A rare word that children may meet in news or drug-safety lessons; drug education teaches that cannabis can harm a young person's growing brain and is illegal for children everywhere. In old travel books «kef» meant a pleasant dreamy rest. Phrases: smoke kief (drugs).

### Examples

- Kief is made from the cannabis plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x1)
- The police found kief and other drugs in the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x2)
- Cannabis and kief can harm young people's brains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x3)
- In an old travel book, the writer lay in the sun in a state of kef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x4)
- Our drug-safety lesson explained why cannabis products are illegal for children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x5)
- Kief is not something to try or touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Spellings: kief, kif, keef, kef. Pronounced KEEF. It is linked to illegal drugs, so it is a word to understand, not to use. From Arabic «kayf» (pleasure).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kief» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kief/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kief» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kief.html) on Mova free.