n. | 1. | The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time. |
2. | A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive. | |
3. | Anything unpleasant that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one; also used figuratively, | |
4. | a quantity of radiation which an object absorbs, or to which it is exposed. | |
v. t. | 1. | To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses. |
2. | To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need. | |
3. | To give anything nauseous to. |
Noun | 1. | dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time |
2. | dose - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time Synonyms: dosage | |
3. | dose - street name for lysergic acid diethylamide Synonyms: Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, back breaker, battery-acid, window pane, acid, superman, pane, Zen, dot | |
Verb | 1. | dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint" |
2. | dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" Synonyms: drug |