intoxication
part of speech
noun (intoxication); uncountable
meaning for a pupil
1) Intoxication is being drunk, or affected by alcohol or drugs so that you cannot think or move properly. tree →
2) Intoxication can also mean being poisoned by a harmful substance. tree →
3) (literary) Intoxication is a strong, exciting, dizzy feeling, as if you were drunk with joy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety lessons it names the danger of alcohol and drugs; in law and the news, «driving under intoxication»; in stories, «the intoxication of victory». It tells the reader that someone's mind is not clear.
examples
- Intoxication makes it dangerous to drive a car. tree →
- The doctor treated him for alcohol intoxication. tree →
- Water intoxication can happen if someone drinks far too much water too fast. tree →
- The team felt the intoxication of winning the cup. tree →
- Some plants can cause intoxication in pets. tree →
- Police tested the driver for intoxication. tree →
- Intoxication slows down a person's reactions. tree →
- Intoxication is not so much an evil to be dreaded or remembered with shame, as a joy to be fondly anticipated, or classed with the happy memories of the past. tree →
note
Uncountable: no «an». Verb: intoxicate; adjective: intoxicated (drunk, formal). Contains «toxic», meaning poisonous.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «intoxication» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.