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Meaning of 'drug' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Drug [ n.]
- A drudge (?).
- Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.
- Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
2 . Drug [ v. i.]
- To drudge; to toil laboriously.
- To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
3 . Drug [ v. t.]
- To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.
- To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
- To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

Meaning of 'drug' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . drug [ v]
Meaning (1):
- administer a drug to
Example in sentence:
  • They drugged the kidnapped tourist

Nearby Words:

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