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# drug

«drug» in Mova's school dictionary: **A medicine used to treat or prevent an illness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#m1)

2) A substance that changes how the body or mind works and that people may take in a harmful or illegal way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#m2)

3) (verb) To give someone or an animal a drug to make them sleep or unable to act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x1)
- Never take pills or drugs from a stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x2)
- The new drug was tested for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x3)
- Mum bought plasters at the drugstore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x4)
- The vet drugged the lion so it would sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x5)
- Some drugs are illegal because they are dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x6)
- Athletes are given drug tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x7)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/6/)
- ["Self-medicating" means using alcohol or drugs to cope with problems instead of getting proper help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/6/)
- ["In recovery" means recovering from an addiction, such as to alcohol or drugs, and staying off it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/7/)
- ["Under the influence" means drunk or on drugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/12/)
- [Drinking too much alcohol and taking drugs can harm people, and talking about it plainly can feel embarrassing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.