English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /drʌg/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-drug.ogg
• :

Etymology

, probably from ; akin to English ; thus origin, “dry substance”, “herbs”, “plants”, or “wares”.

Noun

1. Substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
2. A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system.
3. A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, that alters the way the mind or body works.
4. A drug, especially illegal, taken for recreational use.
5. * 1971: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 3)

Translations

See translations at medicine.

• Finnish: ,
• French: {{t+|fr|drogue|f}}
• German: {{t+|de|Droge|f}}, {{t+|de|Rauschgift|n}}, {{t+|de|Rauschmittel|n}}
• Greek: {{t|el|ναρκωτικό|tr=narkotikó|sc=Grek}}
• Hebrew: {{t-|he|סם|m|tr=sám|sc=Hebr}}
• Hungarian:
• Japanese: {{t-|ja|麻薬|tr=まやく, mayaku|sc=Jpan}}
• Korean: {{t|ko|마약|tr=麻藥, mayak|sc=Hang}}

• Kurdish: {{t+|ku|tilyak|f}}, {{t+|ku|narkotîk|f}}
• Norwegian: {{t|no|narkotikum|n}}, {{t|no|rusmiddel|n}}
• Persian: {{t-|fa|دارو|tr=dâru|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
• Polish:
• Slovak: {{t-|sk|droga|f}}, {{t|sk|narkotikum|n}}
• Spanish: {{t-|es|droga|f}}
• Swedish:
• Telugu: {{t|te|మత్తుమందు|tr=mattumaMdu|sc=Telu}}

• Hebrew: {{t-|he|סם|m|tr=sám|sc=Hebr}}

• Croatian: {{t-|hr|droga|f}}
• Czech: {{t-|cs|droga|f}}

• Hebrew: {{t-|he|סם|m|tr=sám|sc=Hebr}}

• : {{t-|es|droga|f}} (2)
• : {{t|tr|uyusturucu ilac|f}}, {{t-|tr|narkotîk|f}}

Derived terms

• drug abuse
• drug addict
• do drugs
• druggy/druggie

• drug on the market
• drugstore
• small molecule drug

Verb

{{en-verb|drug|g|ed}}

1. To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
2. : She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
3. To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
4. : She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.

Translations

• Finnish:
• Hebrew: {{t|he|לסמם|tr=lesamém|sc=Hebr}}

• Spanish:

Verb

drug

2. : You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.

Usage notes

In British English, this is incorrect; the correct past tense of drag is dragged.

Random House says that "drug" is "nonstandard" as the past tense of drag. Merriam-Webster once ruled that "drug" in this construction was "illiterate" but have since upgraded it to "dialect". The lexicographers of New World, American Heritage and Oxford make no mention of this word.

References

Category:Drugs| Category:English irregular past participles Category:English irregular simple past forms Category:English transitive verbs

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Bosnian

Noun

1. friend
2. comrade

Declension

{{bs-decl-noun |drug|drugovi |druga|drugova |drugu|drugovima |druga|drugove |druže|drugovi |drugom|drugovima |drugu|drugovima }}

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Croatian

Noun

1. friend
2. comrade

Declension

{{hr-decl-noun |drug|drugovi |druga|drugova |drugu|drugovima |druga|drugove |druže|drugovi |drugu|drugovima |drugom|drugovima }}

Synonyms

• prijatelj#Croatian|prijatelj

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Romanian

Noun

1. pole, stick

Noun

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Serbian

Noun

{{sr-noun|g=m|pl=drugovi|cyr=друг}}

1. friend
2. comrade

Declension

{{sr-decl-noun |drug|drugovi |druga|drugova |drugu|drugovima |druga|drugove |druže|drugovi |drugom|drugovima |drugu|drugovima }}

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