Drugsa chemical used in medicines for the treatment of disease, or to improve physical or mental well-being:Some drugs are useful in preventing disease.
Drugsa habit-forming or illegal substance, esp. a narcotic:He was dealing in drugs.
v.[~ + object]
Drugsto administer a medicinal drug to:The hospital staff drugged him with sedatives.
to make unconscious or poison (someone) with a drug:They tied him up, drugged him, and smuggled him across the border.
to mix (food or drink) with a drug:I drugged his drink while he wasn't looking.
drug1(drug),USA pronunciationn., v.,drugged, drug•ging. n.
Drugs[Pharm.]a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
Drugs, Law(in federal law)
any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation.
any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals.
any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals.
any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device.
Drugsa habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic.
Drugsdrugs:
chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter.
personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.
[Obs.]any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like.
Idiomsdrug on the market, a commodity that is overabundant or in excess of demand in the market. Also, drug in the market.
v.t.
Drugsto administer a medicinal drug to.
to stupefy or poison with a drug.
to mix (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a stupefying, narcotic, or poisonous drug.
to administer anything nauseous to.
v.i.
drug up, to take a narcotic drug:The addict prowled about for a place to drug up.
Middle French drogue, of obscure origin, originally
Middle English drogges (plural) 1300–50
drug2(drug),USA pronunciationv.[Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.][Nonstandard.]
Dialect Termsa pt. and pp. of drag.
Drug(drŏŏg),USA pronunciationn.[Zoroastrianism.]
Eastern Religionsthe cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood. Cf. Asha.