drug

drug · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A substance used as a medicine or in making medicines.

  2. 2.

    An illegal substance that affects mood or behavior.

  3. 3.

    Any substance that affects bodily function.

  4. 4.

    To administer a drug to someone, often secretly.

  5. 5.

    To add drugs to food or drink.

Forms

plural: drugs

Related words

See also: medication, medicine, pharmacy
Synonyms: medication, medicine, narcotic, substance

Etymology

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge meaning "dry," short for droge vate meaning "dry barrels," referring to dried plant materials stored in barrels for medicinal use. The word came to refer to the contents rather than the containers.