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# dram

«dram» in Mova's school dictionary: **1) a small drink of strong spirit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dram, drams)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#m1)

2) a small drink of strong spirit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#m2)

3) a tiny measure of weight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories a small drink, often taken by men in a pub or at a meeting

### examples

- The old man asked for one more dram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#x1)
- He poured a dram of whisky into his glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#x2)
- Don't drink too many drams, lad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; in old weights a dram is a very tiny amount, not used in school sums

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dram» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dram/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.