Overview of noun dose

The noun dose has 4 senses

• dose, dosage -- (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)


• dose, dosage -- (the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time)


• venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD -- (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)


• acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen -- (street name for lysergic acid diethylamide)

Overview of verb dose

The verb dose has 2 senses

• dose -- (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint")


• drug, dose -- (administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist")