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# nicotine

«nicotine» in Mova's school dictionary: **A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (nicotine; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and vapes; it is poisonous and makes people addicted, so they find it very hard to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and drug education lessons: nicotine is the reason people get hooked on smoking and vaping; it raises heart rate and harms young brains. It is illegal to sell cigarettes and nicotine vapes to children. Liquid nicotine for vapes is poisonous if swallowed — keep it away from small children and pets.

### examples

- Cigarettes contain nicotine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x1)
- Nicotine makes it very hard for people to stop smoking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x2)
- Many vapes have nicotine in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x3)
- Nicotine is harmful to growing brains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x4)
- Liquid nicotine is poisonous if swallowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x5)
- Grandpa uses nicotine patches to help him quit smoking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x6)
- Shops cannot sell nicotine products to children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Said «NIK-o-teen». A myth: vapes are not «just water vapour» — most contain nicotine. Nicotine is named after Jean Nicot, who brought tobacco to France.

### In the corpora

- [Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/6/)
- [Liquid nicotine in e-cigarette refills is poisonous even in small amounts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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