drug

🇺🇸 /drʌɡ/ 🇬🇧 /drʌɡ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP500Oxford3000CEFR-B2
noun
A2

an illegal substance that people use to feel different

Using illegal drugs can harm your health.

A2

a substance used to treat or prevent illness

The doctor gave her a drug to reduce the pain.

verb
R

to give someone a drug to make them sleep or perform differently

The animal was drugged before the medical check.

R

to put a drug in someone's food or drink to make them sleepy

Someone drugged his drink at the party.

translation

n. an illegal substance that people use to feel different; a substance used to treat or prevent illness
v. to give someone a drug to make them sleep or perform differently; to put a drug in someone's food or drink to make them sleepy

Word Forms

Plural drugs
Past drugged
Progressive drugging
Perfect drugged
3rd Present drugs