drug
part of speech
noun (a drug, drugs); verb (drug, drugs, drugged, drugging)
meaning for a pupil
1) A medicine used to treat or prevent an illness. tree →
2) A substance that changes how the body or mind works and that people may take in a harmful or illegal way. tree →
3) (verb) To give someone or an animal a drug to make them sleep or unable to act. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety lessons: only take medicine from a trusted adult; never take unknown pills or drugs. In science: drugs are tested before doctors use them. Phrases: drug store (USA: a chemist or pharmacy), drug test, illegal drugs.
examples
- The doctor gave her a drug to stop the pain. tree →
- Never take pills or drugs from a stranger. tree →
- The new drug was tested for years. tree →
- Mum bought plasters at the drugstore. tree →
- The vet drugged the lion so it would sleep. tree →
- Some drugs are illegal because they are dangerous. tree →
- Athletes are given drug tests. tree →
- None of my drugs will avail to cure you, but, if you are willing to pay me handsomely, I can tell you how you may be cured.’ tree →
note
Countable. "Drugstore" is American English for a pharmacy (UK chemist). Safety: medicines can be dangerous in the wrong dose; always ask an adult. "Drugged" doubles the g.
In the corpora
- Detection dogs are trained to sniff out things such as drugs, explosives, fruit carried in bags, money and even some illnesses.
- "Self-medicating" means using alcohol or drugs to cope with problems instead of getting proper help.
- "In recovery" means recovering from an addiction, such as to alcohol or drugs, and staying off it.
- "Under the influence" means drunk or on drugs.
- Drinking too much alcohol and taking drugs can harm people, and talking about it plainly can feel embarrassing.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drug» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.