dose meaning and definition

DOSE noun

Definition of dose (noun)

1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
   • synonyms: dosage
2. the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
   • synonyms: dosage
3. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
   • synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse
4. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
   • synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen

DOSE verb

Definition of dose (verb)

1. treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
   • "The ray dosed the paint"
2. administer a drug to
   • "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
   • synonyms: drug