drug

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) drogge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French (deprecated template usage) drogue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) drogue, (deprecated template usage) drocque, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German (deprecated template usage) droge, as in (deprecated template usage) droge (deprecated template usage) vate, mistaking (deprecated template usage) droge for the contents, which were wontedly dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) drōghe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) drōgi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons. Cognate with English (deprecated template usage) dry, Dutch (deprecated template usage) droog, German (deprecated template usage) trocken.

Noun

drug (plural drugs)

1. (Should we [[#drug|delete]]^{([{{fullurl:|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bdrug%23rfd-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cdrug%5D%5D}} +])} this sense?) Template:pharmacology A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

   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.

2. (Can we [[#drug|verify]]^{([{{fullurl:|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bdrug%23rfv-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cdrug%5D%5D}} +])} this sense?) Template:pharmacology A substance, sometimes 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 psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
   • 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.

   • March 1991, unknown student, "Antihero opinion", SPIN, page 70

     You have a twelve-year-old kid being told from the time he's like five years old that all drugs are bad, they're going to screw you up, don't try them. Just say no. Then they try pot.

   • 2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, Chronic Discontent Books, ISBN 0976705605, page 19

     The only thing working against the poor Drug Abuse Resistance Officer is high-school students. ... He'd offer his simple lesson: Drugs are bad, people who use drugs are bad, and abstinence is the only answer.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

terms derived from drug (noun)

• antidrug
• blockbuster drug
• club drug
• counterdrug
• date rape drug
• designer drug
• disease modifying drug
• dissociative drug
• do drugs
• drug abuse
• drug addict
• drug baron
• drug dealer
• drug dog
• drug of choice
• drug on the market
• drug test
• drug-ridden

• drugfree
• druggist
• druggie
• drugless
• druglord
• drugstore
• drugtaker
• drugtaking
• druggy
• fertility drug
• gateway drug
• love drug
• multidrug
• nondrug
• on drugs
• orphan drug
• polydrug
• postdrug
• prescription drug
• prodrug
• recreational drug
• small molecule drug
• street drug
• wonderdrug

Translations

substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose — see medicine

substance, sometimes addictive, affecting the central nervous system

• Catalan: droga f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻藥／麻药 (máyào), 麻药 (máyào), 毒品 (dúpǐn)

• Danish: rusmiddel, narkotikum, narko, narkotika, stoffer
• Dutch: drug (nl)
• Finnish: huume (fi), huumausaine (fi)
• French: drogue (fr) f
• Georgian: ნარკოტიკი (narḳoṭiḳi)
• German: Droge (de) f, Rauschgift (de) n, Rauschmittel (de) n
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó)
• Hebrew: סם (he) m (sám)
• Hungarian: kábítószer (hu)
• Italian: droga (it) f, narcotico m
• Japanese: 麻薬 (まやく, mayaku)
• Korean: 마약 (ko) (mayak) (麻藥)
• Kurdish: ,
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malagasy: zava-mahadomelona
• Malay: dadah
• Norwegian: narkotikum n, rusmiddel (no) n
• Persian: دارو (fa) (dâru)
• Polish: narkotyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: droga (pt) f, narcótico (pt) m
• Russian: наркотик (ru) m (narkótik), лекарственное средство (ru) n (lekárstvennoje srédstvo), лекарственный препарат m (lekárstvennyj preparát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дро́га f

  Roman: dróga f

• Slovak: droga f, narkotikum n
• Spanish: droga (es) f
• Swedish: drog (sv)
• Telugu: మత్తుమందు (te) (mattumandu)
• Thai: ยาเสพติด (yaa-sèep-dtìt)
• Turkish: uyuşturucu (tr), narkotik (tr)

a substance that alters the way the mind or body works

• Arabic: مخدر m (muxaddir), مخدرات pl (muxaddirāt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥物／药物 (yàowù), 药物 (yàowù), 藥材／药材 (yàocái), 药材 (yàocái)

• German: Droge (de) f
• Greek: δρόγη (el) f (drógi), ψυχοτρόπο n (psychotrópo)
• Hebrew: סם (he) m (sám)
• Norwegian: droge
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: наркотик (ru) m (narkótik), лекарственное средство (ru) n (lekárstvennoje srédstvo), лекарственный препарат m (lekárstvennyj preparát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дро́га f

  Roman: dróga f

• Turkish: drog (tr)

an illegal drug

• Bulgarian: дрога f (dróga), наркотик (bg) m (narkótik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毒品 (dúpǐn)

• Czech: droga (cs) f
• Dutch: drug (nl)
• German: Droge (de) f, Betäubungsmittel n (officialese)
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) (narkotikó)
• Hebrew: סם (he) m (sám)
• Icelandic: eiturlyf n
• Japanese: 麻薬 (まやく, mayaku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ថ្នាំញៀន (tnam nyiən)
• Korean: 마약 (ko) (mayak) (麻藥)
• Norwegian: rusmiddel (no)
• Portuguese: droga (pt)
• Russian: наркотик (ru) m (narkótik), наркота (ru) f (narkotá) (slang), дурь (ru) f (durʹ) (slang)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дро́га f

  Roman: dróga f

• Tagalog: droga (tl)

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• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: droga (es) f (2)

Verb

drug (third-person singular simple present drug, present participle g, simple past and past participle ed)

1. Template: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. Template:transitive To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

   She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.

3. Template:intransitive To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.

   (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotations/{{{2}}}|find and add]] a quotation of {{{2}}} to this entry?)

Translations

to administer intoxicating drugs

• Bulgarian: дрогирам се (drogiram se), взимам наркотици (vzimam narkotici)
• Finnish: huumata (fi)
• Greek: ναρκώνω (el) (narkóno)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дроги́рати се

  Roman: drogírati se

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: drogar

to add intoxicating drugs to something

• Dutch: drogeren (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: drogare (it)

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• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: לסמם (lesamém)

Etymology 2

Germanic ablaut formation, cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) droeg, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) trug, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) drog, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) drōg.

Verb

drug

1. (deprecated template usage) simple past and past participle of drag

   You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.

Usage notes

• Random House says that (deprecated template usage) drug is "nonstandard" as the past tense of (deprecated template usage) drag. Merriam-Webster once ruled that (deprecated template usage) drug in this construction was "illiterate" but have since upgraded it to "dialect". The lexicographers of New World, American Heritage, and Oxford make no mention of this word.

References

• “drug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Serbo-Croatian (deprecated template usage) drug.

Noun

drug m (plural drugi)

1. pole, stick

Noun

drug n (plural druguri)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /drûːɡ/

Noun

1. friend
2. comrade

Declension

Declension of drug

	singular	plural
nominative	drȗg	drȕgovi / drȗzi
genitive	druga	drugova / druga
dative	drugu	drugovima / druzima
accusative	druga	drugove / druge
vocative	drȗže	drugovi / druzi
locative	drugu	drugovima / druzima
instrumental	drugom	drugovima / druzima

Derived terms

• drúga
• drùgār
• drugòvati
• drùškan
• drúštvo
• drùžba

• drȕžbenīk
• druželjùbiv
• drùžica
• drùžina
• drúžiti

Related terms

• drugàrica
• drúga
• drùžica

Synonyms

• prijatelj
• drugar
• frend

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Slovene

Adjective

drug (comparative [please provide], superlative)

1. other, another, different

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	drug	druga	drugo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	drug ind drugi def	druga	drugo
genitive	drugega	druge	drugega
dative	drugemu	drugi	drugemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	drugo	drugo
locative	drugem	drugi	drugem
instrumental	drugim	drugo	drugim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	druga	drugi	drugi
genitive	drugih	drugih	drugih
dative	drugima	drugima	drugima
accusative	druga	drugi	drugi
locative	drugih	drugih	drugih
instrumental	drugima	drugima	drugima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	drugi	druge	druga
genitive	drugih	drugih	drugih
dative	drugim	drugim	drugim
accusative	druge	druge	druga
locative	drugih	drugih	drugih
instrumental	drugimi	drugimi	drugimi