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drug

1  [druhg] noun, verb, drugged, drug⋅ging.
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–noun
1. Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
2. (in federal law)
a. any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation.
b. any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals.
c. any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals.
d. any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device.
3. a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic.
4. drugs,
a. chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter.
b. personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.
5. Obsolete. any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
6. to administer a medicinal drug to.
7. to stupefy or poison with a drug.
8. to mix (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a stupefying, narcotic, or poisonous drug.
9. to administer anything nauseous to.
—Verb phrase
10. drug up, to take a narcotic drug: The addict prowled about for a place to drug up.
—Idiom
11. drug on the market, a commodity that is overabundant or in excess of demand in the market. Also, drug in the market.
Origin:
1300–50; ME drogges (pl.) < MF drogue, of obscure orig.
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drug

2  [druhg]
–verb Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard.
a pt. and pp. of drag.

Drug

  [droog]
–noun Zoroastrianism.
the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
Compare Asha.

Origin:
< Avestan drauga
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drug   (drŭg)   
n.  
    1. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.
    2. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
  2. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction.
  3. Obsolete A chemical or dye.
tr.v.   drugged, drug·ging, drugs
  1. To administer a drug to.
  2. To poison or mix (food or drink) with a drug.
  3. To stupefy or dull with or as if with a drug: drugged with sleep.

[Middle English drogge, from Old French drogue, drug, perhaps from Middle Dutch droge (vate), dry (cases), pl. of drog, dry.]
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Drug

Drug\, v. i. [See 1st Drudge.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] "To drugge and draw." --Chaucer.

Drug

Drug\, n. A drudge (?). --Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253).

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; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.

Whence merchants bring

Their spicy drugs. --Milton.

2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand. "But sermons are mere drugs." --Fielding.

And virtue shall a drug become. --Dryden.

Drug

Drug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drugging.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. --B. Jonson.

Drug

Drug\, v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.

The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. --C. Kingsley.

Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. --Tennyson.

2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious.

Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. --Milton.

3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. --Byron.
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Language Translation for : drug
Spanish: medicamento,
German: das Medikament,
Japanese: 薬
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drug 
1327, from O.Fr. drouge, perhaps from M.Du. or M.L.G. droge-vate "dry barrels," with first element mistaken as word for the contents (see dry goods), or because medicines mostly consisted of dried herbs. Application to "narcotics and opiates" is 1883, though association with "poisons" is 1500s. The verb is from 1605. Druggie first recorded 1968. Drug-store is 1810; drug-store cowboy is 1925, Amer.Eng. slang, originally one who dressed like a Westerner but obviously wasn't. To be a drug on or in the market (c.1661) is of doubtful connection and may be a different word, perhaps drag, which was sometimes drug c.1240-1800.
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Main Entry: 1drug
Pronunciation: 'dr&g
Function: noun
1 a : a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication b according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1) : a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (2) : a substance intended for use in thediagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease (3) : a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body (4) : a substance intendedfor use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device
2 : something and often an illicit substance that causes addiction,habituation, or a marked change in consciousness

Main Entry: 2drug
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: drugged; drug·ging
transitive senses
1 : to affect with a drug;especially : to stupefy by a narcotic drug
2 : to administer a drug to drug intransitive senses
: to take drugs for narcotic effect
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drug (drŭg)
n.

  1. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.
  2. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  3. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction.
v. drugged, drug·ging, drugs
  1. To administer a drug, especially in an overly large quantity, to an individual.
  2. To stupefy or dull with or as if with a drug; to narcotize.

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drug   (drŭg)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A chemical substance, especially one prescribed by a medical provider, that is used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a condition or disease. Drugs are prescribed for a limited amount of time, as for an acute infection, or on a regular basis for chronic disorders, such as hypertension.
  2. A chemical substance such as a narcotic or a hallucinogen that affects the central nervous system and is used recreationally for perceived desirable effects on personality, perception, or behavior. Many recreational drugs are used illicitly and can be addictive.

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