drug

CEFRA2

/ˈdɹʌɡ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A substance used as medicine or for its effects.

  2. 02

    verb

    To give someone a drug, sometimes secretly.

Examples

  • Don't do that!!! There's a computer at the drug store.

  • She denies possessing the drug with intent to supply.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

  2. Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.

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

More examples

In context

  • The new drug will be tested in Vaxgen's laboratory.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English drogge (“medicine”), from Middle French drogue, drocque (“tincture, pharmaceutical product”) (c. 1462), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (“dry vats, dry barrels”), mistaking droge for the contents, which were usually dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch drōghe (“dry”), from Old Dutch drōgi (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, hard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (“dry”), German trocken (“dry”).