'Drug' definitions:
Definition of 'drug'
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Definition of 'Drug'
From: GCIDE
- Drug \Drug\ (dr[u^]g), v. i. [See 1st Drudge.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] "To drugge and draw." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drug'
From: GCIDE
- Drug \Drug\, n. A drudge (?). --Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drug'
From: GCIDE
- Drug \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. [1913 Webster]
- Whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand; -- used often in the phrase "a drug on the market". "But sermons are mere drugs." --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
- And virtue shall a drug become. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. [1913 Webster]
- 4. any substance intended for use in the treatment, prevention, diagnosis, or cure of disease, especially one listed in the official pharmacopoeia published by a national authority. [PJC]
- 5. any substance having psychological effects, such as a narcotic, stimulant, or hallucinogenic agent, especially habit-forming and addictive substances, sold or used illegally; as, a drug habit; a drug treatment program; a teenager into drugs; a drug bust; addicted to drugs; high on drugs.
- Syn: illegal drug. [PJC]
- They [smaller and poorer nations] have lined up to recount how drug trafficking and consumption have corrupted their struggling economies and societies and why they are hard pressed to stop it. -- Christopher S. Wren (N Y. Times, June
- 10, 1998, p. A5) [PJC]
Definition of 'Drug'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Drug'
From: GCIDE
- Drug \Drug\, v. t.
- 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig. [1913 Webster]
- The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious. [1913 Webster]
- Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs. [1913 Webster]
- With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Drug'
- Drugged,
- Drugging,
- do drugs,
- adrenergic drug,
- anovulatory drug,
- antianxiety drug,
- antiarrhythmic drug,
- antibacterial drug,
- antibiotic drug,
- anticholinergic drug,
- anticonvulsant drug,
- antidepressant drug,
- antidiabetic drug,
- antidiarrheal drug,
- antidiuretic drug,
- antiemetic drug,
- antiepileptic drug,
- antihypertensive drug,
- antimalarial drug,
- antineoplastic drug,
- antiprotozoal drug,
- antipsychotic drug,
- antiviral drug,
- anxiolytic drug,
- astringent drug,
- ataractic drug,
- cancer drug,
- club drug,
- cytotoxic drug,
- designer drug,
- diuretic drug,
- drug abuse,
- drug addict,
- drug addiction,
- drug baron,
- drug bust,
- drug cartel,
- drug cocktail,
- drug company,
- drug culture,
- drug dealer,
- drug lord,
- drug of abuse,
- drug peddler,
- drug traffic,
- drug trafficker,
- drug trafficking,
- drug user,
- drug war,
- drug withdrawal,
- drugs bust,
- ethical drug,
- fertility drug,
- forget me drug,
- gateway drug,
- generic drug,
- hallucinogenic drug,
- hard drug,
- hug drug,
- immunosuppressive drug,
- medicinal drug,
- miotic drug,
- mydriatic drug,
- myotic drug,
- neuroleptic drug,
- nontricyclic drug,
- oxytocic drug,
- prescription drug,
- proprietary drug,
- psychedelic drug,
- psychoactive drug,
- psychodelic drug,
- recreational drug,
- sedative drug,
- soft drug,
- statin drug,
- stimulant drug,
- street drug,
- sulfa drug,
- truth drug,
- virility drug,
- commission on narcotic drugs,
- drug enforcement administration,
- drug enforcement agency,
- drug-addicted,
- drug-free,
- electromotive drug administration,
- food and drug administration,
- immune suppressant drug,
- mind altering drug,
- mind expanding drug,
- nontricyclic antidepressant drug,
- over-the-counter drug,
- people against gangsterism and drugs,
- tricyclic antidepressant drug,
- abortion-inducing drug,
- anti-drug law,
- anti-impotence drug,
- anti-inflammatory drug,
- brand-name drug,
- consciousness-altering drug,
- fixed-combination drug,
- mind-altering drug,
- sedative-hypnotic drug,
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention