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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French drogue, probably from Dutch droog; akin to English dry; thus origin, “dry substance”, “herbs”, “plants”, or “wares”.

Noun

Singular drug

Plural drugs

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.
  2. (pharmacology) A substance, often 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.
Synonyms
Translations
medicine — see medicine affecting the central nervous system
  • Korean: 마약 ko(ko) (麻藥, mayak)
  • Kurdish: tilyak ku(ku) f., narkotîk ku(ku) f.
  • Norwegian: narkotikum no(no) n., rusmiddel no(no) n.
  • Persian: دارو fa(fa) (dâru)
  • Polish: narkotyk pl(pl)
  • Slovak: droga sk(sk) f., narkotikum sk(sk) n.
  • Spanish: droga es(es) f.
  • Swedish: drog sv(sv)
  • Telugu: మత్తుమందు te(te) (mattumaMdu)
a substance that alters the way the mind or body works
  • Arabic: مخدر ar(ar) (mukhaddir) m., مخدرات ar(ar) (mukhaddiraat) pl.
  • Chinese: 藥物 (yàowù), 药物 (yàowù), 药材 (yàocái)
  • Croatian: dróga hr(hr) f.
  • German: Droge de(de) f.
  • Greek: ψυχοτρόπο n.
  • Hebrew: סם he(he) (sám) m.
  • Norwegian: droge no(no)
an illegal drug
  • Croatian: dróga hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: droga cs(cs) f.
  • Greek: ναρκωτικό el(el) (narkotikó)
  • Hebrew: סם he(he) (sám) m.
  • Norwegian: rusmiddel no(no)
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  • Spanish: droga es(es) f. (2)
  • Turkish: uyusturucu ilac tr(tr) f., narkotîk tr(tr) f.
Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to drug

Third person singular drugs

Simple past drugged

Past participle drugged

Present participle drugging

to 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 recipient's knowledge or consent.
    She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd 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.
Translations
to administer intoxicating drugs
  • Greek: ναρκώνω el(el)
  • Spanish: drogar es(es)
to add intoxicating drugs to something
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  • Hebrew: לסמם he(he) (lesamém)

Etymology 2

Germanic ablaut formation, cognate to German trug.

Verb

drug

  1. (Southern US) Simple past tense and past participle of drag.
    You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.
Usage notes
References

Bosnian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Noun

drȗg m.

  1. friend
  2. comrade (term of address in the Communist party and elsewhere 1945 – 1990)

Declension

declension of drug
singular plural
nominative drȗg drȕgovi
genitive druga drugova
dative drugu drugovima
accusative druga drugove
vocative druže drugovi
locative drugu drugovima
instrumental drugom drugovima

Derived terms

  • drȕžbenīk
  • druželjùbiv
  • drùžica
  • drùžina
  • drúžiti

Related terms

Synonyms

Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Noun

drȗg m.

  1. friend
  2. comrade (term of address in the Communist party and elsewhere 1945 – 1990)

Declension

declension of drug
singular plural
nominative drȗg drȕgovi
genitive druga drugova
dative drugu drugovima
accusative druga drugove
vocative druže drugovi
locative drugu drugovima
instrumental drugom drugovima

Derived terms

  • drȕžbenīk
  • druželjùbiv
  • drùžica
  • drùžina
  • drúžiti

Related terms

Synonyms

Usage notes

Rarely used in its original meaning friend after 1990.

Romanian

Noun

drug m. (plural drugi)

  1. pole, stick

Noun

drug n. (plural druguri)

Serbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Noun

drȗg m. (Cyrillic spelling друг)

  1. friend
  2. comrade (term of address in the Communist party and elsewhere 1945 – 1990)

Declension

declension of drug
singular plural
nominative drȗg drȕgovi
genitive druga drugova
dative drugu drugovima
accusative druga drugove
vocative druže drugovi
locative drugu drugovima
instrumental drugom drugovima

Derived terms

  • drȕžbenīk
  • druželjùbiv
  • drùžica
  • drùžina
  • drúžiti

Related terms

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drugъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰos.

Noun

drȗg m. (Cyrillic spelling: дру̑г)

  1. friend
  2. comrade

Declension

declension of drug
singular plural
nominative drȗg drȕgovi
genitive druga drugova
dative drugu drugovima
accusative druga drugove
vocative druže drugovi
locative drugu drugovima
instrumental drugom drugovima

Derived terms

  • drȕžbenīk
  • druželjùbiv
  • drùžica
  • drùžina
  • drúžiti

Related terms

Synonyms

Slovene

Adjective

drug (not comparable)

  1. other

 

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