Definizione monolingua

drug

drug (third-person singular simple present drugs, present participle drugging, simple past and past participle drugged)

1. (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipients knowledge or consent.

   She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized shed been drugged.

2. (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

   She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.

drug (plural drugs)

1. (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

   Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.

   The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.

2. (pharmacology) A substance, sometimes addictive, which affects the central nervous system.
3. A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, which alters the way the mind or body works.
4. A substance, especially one which is illegal, ingested for recreational use.
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial 2005 edition, p. 3,

     We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.

drug (not comparable)

1. other

Definizione dizionario drug

	droga
	affecting the central nervous system

	farmaco
	A substance which specifically promotes healing.

	medicina
	A substance which specifically promotes healing.

	drogare
	to add intoxicating drugs to something

	narcotico
	affecting the central nervous system

farmaco, medicinale

medicinale

stupefacente

Altri significati:

(transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.

(pharmacology) A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system.

To add intoxicating drugs to something with the intention of drugging someone.

(Southern US) Simple past tense and past participle of drag.

A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, which alters the way the mind or body works.

a substance that alters the way the mind or body works

to administer intoxicating drugs

A substance, especially one which is illegal, ingested for recreational use.

(transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.

an illegal drug

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

A substance that alters the way the mind or body works.