The meaning of Drug

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…

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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.

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.