drugged
part of speech
verb (past and past participle of drug: drug, drugs, drugged, drugging); adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Given a drug, often secretly or against your will, to make you sleepy or unable to act. tree →
2) Feeling sleepy, slow or confused because of medicine or another drug. tree →
3) (of food or drink) Having a drug secretly put in it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and films villains drug a guard's drink to sneak past; in health and safety lessons, never accept drinks from strangers and tell an adult if someone acts drugged; in medicine, animals at the vet may be drugged to keep them calm; phrases: «a drugged drink», «felt drugged».
examples
- In the story, the guard was drugged and fell asleep. tree →
- After the operation, I felt drugged and sleepy. tree →
- The vet drugged the lion so it could be moved safely. tree →
- The poisoned apple in the fairy tale was drugged. tree →
- Never drink something if you do not know who made it. tree →
- The spy realised his tea had been drugged. tree →
- Hermes warned Odysseus that Circe would offer him a draught of drugged wine with the intention of transforming him as she had done his companions. tree →
note
Double g: drug → drugged, drugging. Safety: secretly drugging someone is a serious crime. Medicines are drugs too, but only take them as an adult or doctor says.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drugged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.