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dose
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- pronunciation:
- dos
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a specified amount, esp. of medicine, administered or prescribed to be taken at one time or at certain intervals.
A standard dose of this medication is one hundred milligrams.You need to take one dose of this medicine three times a day.- synonyms:
- draft
- similar words:
- dole, measure, portion, slug, swig
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| definition 2: |
an amount of something unpleasant that must be taken or endured.
We certainly received a dose of bad luck that night.- synonyms:
- quota, share
- similar words:
- measure, portion, ration, spell
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| definition 3: |
the amount of radiation or other toxic entity administered to or absorbed by a living organism.
- similar words:
- amount, measure, quantity, quota
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| definition 4: |
(slang) a venereal infection, esp. gonorrhea.
- synonyms:
- gonorrhea
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| related words: |
draft, part |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
doses, dosing, dosed |
| definition: |
to administer a prescribed amount, esp. of medicine, to (someone); give a dose to.
The nurses dosed each of the patients with the antitoxin.- similar words:
- administer, allocate, allot, apportion, dispense, dole out, medicate, mete out, parcel out
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| related words: |
drench, treat |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to take medicine, esp. in a specified amount (sometimes fol. by "up").
She dosed up on cough syrup and went to bed.- similar words:
- nip, swallow, swell, swig, take
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