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Definition drug
Etymology 1
From Middle English drogge (“medicine”), from Middle French drogue (“cure, pharmaceutical product”), from Old French drogue, drocque (“tincture, pharmaceutical product”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (“dry vats, dry barrels”), mistaking droge for the contents, which were wontedly dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch dr?ghe (“dry”), from Old Dutch dr?gi (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, hard”). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (“dry”), German trocken (“dry”).
Noun
drug (plural drugs)
- (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
- A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
- Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
- Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
Verb
drug (third-person singular simple present drugs, present participle drugging, simple past and past participle drugged)
- (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
- (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
- (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
Etymology 2
Germanic ablaut formation, cognate with Dutch droeg, German trug, Swedish drog, Old English dr?g.
Verb
drug
- (dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of drag
Etymology 3
Noun
drug (plural drugs)
- (obsolete) A drudge.
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