Drug - English meaning

drʌɡ

Drug – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Usage examples:
A new drug aimed at sufferers from parkinson's disease
Synonims:
MedicineMedical drugMedicationMedicamentRemedyCureAntidoteCure-allPanaceaNostrumPotionElixirMagic bulletPhysic

verb
Administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.
Usage examples:
They were drugged to keep them quiet
Synonims:
AnaesthetizeGive an anaesthetic toNarcotizeGive drugs toGive narcotics toGive opiates toPoisonKnock outMake/render unconsciousMake/render insensibleStupefyBefuddleDopeAdd drugs t

verb
A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

noun
Any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine
Usage examples:
Anti-cancer/fertility/pain-killing drugs, prescription drug we may need to try a prescription drug …

noun
Any natural or artificially made chemical that is taken for pleasure, to improve someone's performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it
Usage examples:
Illegal drugs, drug addict his father was a drug addict., drug addiction she was in treatment for d…

noun
Any activity that you cannot stop doing
Usage examples:
Work is a drug for him.

verb
To give a person or animal a chemical that causes them to lose feeling, change their behaviour, or become unconscious
Usage examples:
The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them., he admitted to drugg…

Drug translation into English

Drug: translate from English into Chinese

药品, 药物, 药, 毒品, 吸毒, 剂, 麻醉药, 麻药

Drug: translate from English into Dutch

Drugs, Drug, Medicijn, Kruid, Bedwelmen, Drogerij, Dope, Artsenij, Bedwelmingsmiddel, Narcotisch middel

Drug: translate from English into French

Médicament, Drogue, Droguer, Narcotique, Se droguer, Faire droguer

Drug: translate from English into German

Arzneimittel, Droge, Medikament, Rauschgift, Betäubungsmittel, Narkotisieren, Vergiften, Übersättigen

Drug: translate from English into Hindi

दवा, औषधि, औषध, ड्रग, मिलाना, दवा से विष मिलाना, दवा पिलाना, कुछ खिला-पिलाकर अचेत करना, भेषज

Drug: translate from English into Italian

Droga, Farmaco, Medicinale, Medicina, Stupefacente, Drogare, Drogarsi

Drug: translate from English into Korean

의약품, 약, 마약, 매약, 약의, 마약의, ...에 약을 타다, 약을 먹이다, 특히 마취제를 먹이다, 싫증나게 하다, 마약을 상용하다

Drug: translate from English into Russian

Лекарство, Наркотик, Лекарственный, Медикамент, Наркотический, Употреблять наркотики, Притуплять, Неходовой товар, Подмешивать наркотики, Подмешивать яд, Давать наркотики, То, что никому не нужно

Drug: translate from English into Spanish

Droga, Fármaco, Medicamento, Estupefaciente, Narcótico, Drogar, Narcotizar, Administrar narcóticos, Echar un narcótico

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French drogue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge vate, literally ‘dry vats’, referring to the contents (i.e. dry goods).

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Drug – similar words

drugged

adjective
(of a person) unconscious or in a stupor as a result of taking or being given a drug.
Usage examples:
In his drugged state

verb
Administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.
Usage examples:
They were drugged to keep them quiet

Past simple and past participle of drug

Drugged - all meanings in English

Drug synonims

anaesthetize

əˈniːs.θə.taɪz

verb
Administer an anaesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness.
Usage examples:
I was called to casualty to anaesthetize a patient

verb
To give anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain) to a person or animal
Usage examples:
My doctor said i will not need to be anaesthetized during the procedure., making sure the patient i…

Anaesthetize - all meanings in English

antidote

ˈæn.ti.dəʊt

noun
A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.
Usage examples:
There is no known antidote to the poison of the pufferfish

noun
A chemical, esp. a drug, that acts against the bad effects of a poison to limit the harm it can do
Usage examples:
An antidote for snake venom, exercise can be an antidote to depression.

noun
A chemical, especially a drug, that limits the effects of a poison
Usage examples:
Sales of nerve gas antidotes increased dramatically before the war.

Antidote - all meanings in English

befuddle

bɪˈfʌd.əl

verb
Make (someone) unable to think clearly.
Usage examples:
The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

verb
To confuse someone
Usage examples:
Federer has a wide repertoire of clever shots that befuddle even the best of his opponents.

Befuddle - all meanings in English

cure

kjʊər

verb
Relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
Usage examples:
He was cured of the disease

noun
A substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition.
Usage examples:
The search for a cure for the common cold

noun
A parish priest in a french-speaking country.
Usage examples:
The curé, after all, was an important figure in every village

Cure - all meanings in English

cure-all

noun
Something that cures any illness or solves any problem
Usage examples:
There’s a danger in believing that the drug is a cure-all.

Cure-all - all meanings in English

dope

dəʊp

noun
A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.
Usage examples:
My dad caught me smoking dope

verb
Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.
Usage examples:
The horse was doped before the race

adjective
Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.
Usage examples:
The horse was doped before the race

Dope - all meanings in English

elixir

iˈlɪk.sər

noun
A magical or medicinal potion.
Usage examples:
An elixir guaranteed to induce love

noun
A substance believed to cure all ills

noun
A substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something
Usage examples:
Elixir of life/youth it's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= som…

Elixir - all meanings in English

medicament

noun
A substance used for medical treatment.
Usage examples:
Yet some rather toxic metals, albeit in insoluble form, have been used as medicaments: bismuth, for…

noun
A substance used as a medicine
Usage examples:
The pharmacy is lined with jars painted with the names of the herbs and medicaments they contained.…

Medicament - all meanings in English

medication

noun
A drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease.
Usage examples:
He was given medication for pain

noun
Any substance used to treat an illness or disease, esp. a drug
Usage examples:
[ c ] are you taking any medications now?, [ u ] i’m on medication for my heart condition.

noun
Drugs that are used in the treatment of illness or injury
Usage examples:
The condition can be treated effectively with medication., over-the-counter/prescription medication…

Medication - all meanings in English

medicine

noun
The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery).
Usage examples:
He made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine

noun
The science dealing with the preserving of health and with preventing and treating disease or injury
Usage examples:
Pediatrics is a branch of medicine., she continued to practice medicine until she was in her eighti…

noun
The treatment of illness or injury, or the study of how illnesses and injuries are treated
Usage examples:
Medicine has advanced enormously over the past 100 years., alternative/complementary/preventive med…

Medicine - all meanings in English

narcotize

verb
Affect with or as if with a narcotic drug.
Usage examples:
They wanted to narcotize you so you wouldn't be sensitive to them

Narcotize - all meanings in English

nostrum

noun
A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective.
Usage examples:
A charlatan who sells nostrums

noun
An idea for solving a problem, especially one that is not very good
Usage examples:
He refused to embrace any of the fashionable nostrums then current in development economics.

Nostrum - all meanings in English

panacea

noun
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
Usage examples:
The panacea for all corporate ills

noun
Something that will solve all problems or cure all illnesses
Usage examples:
Books are not meant to be a panacea for an illness or loss.

noun
Something that some people believe will solve all problems
Usage examples:
Panacea for sth some economists say that consumer spending is the panacea for all economic ills.

Panacea - all meanings in English

physic

noun
Medicinal drugs.
Usage examples:
His servant's venture into selling physic

verb
Treat with a medicine.
Usage examples:
He told mrs webb he had physicked himself

noun
A garden in which herbs used for medical purposes were grown

Physic - all meanings in English

poison

noun
A substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.
Usage examples:
He killed himself with poison

verb
Administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally.
Usage examples:
Someone had tried to poison me

noun
A substance that causes illness or death if swallowed, absorbed, or breathed into the body
Usage examples:
[ u ] poison gas, [ c ] some cleaning products are poisons., [ u ] he sprayed the weeds with poison…

Poison - all meanings in English

potion

noun
A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties.
Usage examples:
A healing potion

noun
A drink that is believed to be poisonous, to have magical power, or to be able to cure an illness
Usage examples:
We don’t have a magic potion to make you tell the truth.

Potion - all meanings in English

remedy

noun
A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
Usage examples:
Herbal remedies for aches and pains

verb
Set right (an undesirable situation).
Usage examples:
Money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries

noun
A substance or method for curing an illness, or a way of dealing with a problem or difficulty
Usage examples:
Cold remedies, we’re working to remedy these shortcomings.

Remedy - all meanings in English

stupefy

verb
Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.
Usage examples:
The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her

verb
To tire or bore someone so much that the person cannot think or do anything
Usage examples:
His classes totally stupefied me., he was stupefied to learn that he was fired.

Stupefy - all meanings in English

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