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Drug Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Drug? [n] a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic [v] administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" [v] use recreational drugs Synonyms \| Synonyms for Drug: do drugs \| dose Related Terms \| Find terms related to Drug: Adrenalin \| aloes \| ammonium carbonate \| amphetamine \| amphetamine sulphate \| analgesic \| anesthetic \| anesthetize \| anoint \| antidepressant \| article \| article of commerce \| article of merchandise \| balm \| balsam \| bedaze \| belladonna \| benumb \| Benzedrine \| benzoin \| besot \| bismuth \| blunt \| caffeine \| chloroform \| chocolate \| cocaine \| cocoa \| coffee \| coldcock \| colocynth \| commodity \| cure \| cure-all \| deaden \| desensitize \| desoxyephedrine \| Dexamyl \| Dexedrine \| dextroamphetamine sulfate \| dope \| dose \| downer \| drops \| dull \| electuary \| elixir \| embrocate \| entrance \| ergot \| etherize \| ethical drug \| feature \| freeze \| generic name \| hallucinogenic \| herbs \| hop \| hypnotic \| hypnotize \| inhalant \| item \| kayo \| knock out \| knock senseless \| knock stiff \| knock unconscious \| knockout drop \| KO \| kola \| kola nut \| lay out \| lead item \| leader \| lincture \| linctus \| loss leader \| lull to sleep \| magnetize \| materia medica \| medicament \| medicate \| medication \| medicinal \| medicinal herbs \| medicine \| mesmerize \| methamphetamine hydrochloride \| Methedrine \| Mickey Finn \| mixture \| narcotic \| narcotize \| nonprescription drug \| numb \| obtund \| officinal \| oil \| opiate \| pain-killer \| palsy \| panacea \| paralyze \| patent medicine \| pharmaceutical \| pharmacon \| physic \| poison \| powder \| preparation \| prescription drug \| product \| proprietary \| proprietary medicine \| proprietary name \| psychedelic \| put to sleep \| put under \| quinine \| remedy \| rock to sleep \| sal ammoniac \| salve \| sassafras \| seconds \| sedate \| sedative \| simple \| simples \| sleeping pill \| soporific \| special \| specific \| standard article \| staple \| staple item \| stimulant \| strychnine \| stun \| stupefy \| syrup \| tea \| theraputant \| tisane \| trance \| tranquilizer \| treat \| treatment \| upper \| vegetable remedies \| vendible \| ware See Also \| aborticide \| abortifacient \| abortion-inducing drug \| agent \| anaesthetic \| anaesthetic agent \| anaesthetise \| anaesthetize \| anesthetic \| anesthetic agent \| anesthetise \| anesthetize \| anit-impotence drug \| antagonist \| antisyphilitic \| anti-TNF compound \| appetite suppressant \| base \| consciousness-altering drug \| consume \| dilator \| diuretic \| diuretic drug \| dope \| dope \| dope up \| drug of abuse \| Feosol \| Fergon \| fertility drug \| free-base \| get off \| have \| hypnotic \| ingest \| inject \| intoxicant \| levallorphan \| Lorfan \| medicament \| medicate \| medication \| medicinal drug \| medicine \| medicine \| mind-altering drug \| mydriatic \| mydriatic drug \| narcotic \| narcotise \| narcotize \| o.d. \| overdose \| pentoxifylline \| pharmacopoeia \| poison \| psychoactive drug \| psychoactive substance \| psychotropic agent \| put out \| put to sleep \| put under \| relaxant \| snort \| soporific \| stimulant \| stimulant drug \| street drug \| suppressant \| synergist \| take \| take a hit \| take in \| Trental \| trip \| trip out \| turn on \| virility drug Drug In Webster's Dictionary \Drug\, v. i. [See 1st {Drudge}.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] ``To drugge and draw.'' --Chaucer. \Drug\, n. A drudge (?). --Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253). \Drug\, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See {Dry}.] 1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. Whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs. --Milton. 2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand. ``But sermons are mere drugs.'' --Fielding. And virtue shall a drug become. --Dryden. \Drug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drugging}.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. --B. Jonson. \Drug\, v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig. The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. --C. Kingsley. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. --Tennyson. 2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious. Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. --Milton. 3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs. With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. --Byron.

Drug Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Drug?

[n] a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
[v] administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
[v] use recreational drugs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Drug: do drugs | dose

Drug In Webster's Dictionary

\Drug\, v. i. [See 1st {Drudge}.]
To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] ``To drugge and
draw.'' --Chaucer.


\Drug\, n.
A drudge (?). --Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253).


\Drug\, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry;
thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See
{Dry}.]
1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the
   composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in
   chemical operations.

         Whence merchants bring

         Their spicy drugs. --Milton.

2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an
   article of slow sale, or in no demand. ``But sermons are
   mere drugs.'' --Fielding.

         And virtue shall a drug become.       --Dryden.


\Drug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drugging}.] [Cf. F. droguer.]
To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. --B. Jonson.


\Drug\, v. t.
1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to
   stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.

         The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into
         brutish good humor by a vast system of public
         spectacles.                           --C. Kingsley.

         Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. --Tennyson.

2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious.

         Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed
         their jaws.                           --Milton.

3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

         With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe.
                                               --Byron.

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