drug


Definition: Meaning of, drug in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / drʌɡ /

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drug drugs
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  1. an illegal substance such as MARIJUANA or COCAINE, which some people take in order to feel happy, relaxed, or excited
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  2. a medicine, or a substance for making medicines
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  3. a substance that people doing a sport sometimes take illegally to improve their performance
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  4. [usually singular] a substance such as tobacco, coffee, or alcohol, that makes you want more and more of it
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  5. be (like) a drug if an activity is like a drug, you enjoy it so much that you want to do it more and more
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
drug drugged drugged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
drugging drugs
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  1. to give a person or animal a drug, especially in order to make them feel tired or go to sleep, or to make them perform well in a race
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  2. to put drugs in someone's food or drink in order to make them feel tired or go to sleep [=  spike]
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  3. be drugged up to the eyeballs especially British English to have taken a lot of illegal drugs, or to have been given a lot of medicine
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drug used in phrases

  • Drug Enforcement Administration (noun)
    1. federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
  • Drug Enforcement Administration, the
    1. a US government organization which makes sure that people and companies obey the laws about dangerous drugs. They try to catch people who bring dangerous drugs into the US and people who sell drugs within the US.
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (noun)
    1. federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
  • Food and Drug Administration (noun)
    1. a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
  • Food and Drug Administration, the
    1. the full name of the FDA
  • United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (noun)
    1. an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
  • abortion-inducing drug (noun)
    1. or other chemical agent a drug that causes abortion
  • adrenergic drug (noun)
    1. drug that has the effects of epinephrine
  • anovulatory drug (noun)
    1. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing oestrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
  • anti-drug law (noun)
    1. law a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
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drug used in phrasal verbs

  • drug up (phrasal verb)
    1. to give someone a lot of drugs or medicine with the result that they cannot behave normally
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