drug
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noun- 1.
(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.
Đồng nghĩa: pharmaceutical, drug, medication, medicine, medicament, pharmaceutical drug
- 2.
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
We took drugs and partied all night.
They're on drugs.
She used to be a drug addict.
Đồng nghĩa: recreational drug, drug, dope, gear, horse, stuff, substance
- 3.
(broadly)(by extension) Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
- 4.
Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
- 5.
(Canada, US, abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of drugstore.
- 6.
(obsolete)A drudge.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
- 2.
(transitive)To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
- 3.
(intransitive)To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
- 4.
(intransitive, rare)To use intoxicating drugs.
- 5.
(US, dialectal, form of, participle, past)(dialectal, chiefly US) simple past and past participle of drag
You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.
look what the cat drug in
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From Middle English drogge (medicine), from Middle French drogue, drocque (tincture, pharmaceutical product) (1462), from Middle Dutch - or droge, as in droge vate (dry vats, dry barrels), mistaking droge for the contents, which were usually dried herbs, plants or wares.