Drug
[drʌg]
Definition
(noun.) a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic.
(verb.) administer a drug to; 'They drugged the kidnapped tourist'.
(verb.) use recreational drugs.
Editor: Natasha--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To drudge; to toil laboriously.
(n.) A drudge (?).
(n.) Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.
(n.) Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
(v. i.) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
(v. t.) To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.
(v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
(v. t.) To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.
Editor: Quentin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Medicine, physic, remedy.[2]. Unsalable article.
Checker: Valerie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CIPHER]
Checker: Spenser
Definition
n. (Shak.) a drudge.
n. any substance used in the composition of medicine: an article that cannot be sold generally owing to overproduction.—v.t. to mix or season with drugs: to dose to excess.—v.i. to prescribe drugs or medicines:—pr.p. drug′ging; pa.p. drugged.—n. Drug′gist one who deals in drugs.
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Examples
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And even though the pernicious drug craving is not created, considerable harm is done to the child, because its body is left weak and non-resistant to diseases of infancy and childhood. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tea, for example, was a drug very little used in Europe, before the middle of the last century. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The drug gave her a momentary illusion of complete renewal, from which she drew strength to take up her daily work. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- If the helm is refused them, they drug the captain's posset, bind him hand and foot, and take possession of the ship. Plato. The Republic.
- I think he must have got from Riderhood in a paper, the drug, or whatever it was, that afterwards stupefied me, but I am far from sure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix them with the oils and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He knows drugs, you may be sure, as you can neither smell nor see, neither before they're swallowed nor after. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He would surely reply that medicine gives drugs and meat and drink to human bodies. Plato. The Republic.
- A medical man should be responsible for the quality of the drugs consumed by his patients. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Certain effects were known to usually follow the giving of certain drugs, or the application of certain measures, but why or how these effects were produced, was unknown. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One of the facts quickly rumored was that Lydgate did not dispense drugs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He swore ominous oaths over the drugged beer of alehouses, and drank strange toasts in fiery British gin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A drugged, almost sinister religious expression became permanent on her face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The face of the tall straight woman turned slowly and as if drugged to this new speaker. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She listened and attended with a drugged attention. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Had he come provided for them with drugged meat? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her eyes were strange and drugged, heavy under their heavy, drooping lids. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was a long pause, whilst Hermione looked at him for a long time, from under her heavy, drugged eyelids. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Lou