DOSE


Meaning of DOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ doʊs ]

( doses, dosing, dosed)

1.

A dose of medicine or a drug is a measured amount of it which is intended to be taken at one time.

One dose of penicillin can wipe out the infection.

N-COUNT : oft N of n

2.

You can refer to an amount of something as a dose of that thing, especially when you want to emphasize that there is a great deal of it.

The West is getting a heavy dose of snow and rain today.

N-COUNT : usu adj N of n [ emphasis ]

3.

If you dose a person or animal with medicine, you give them an amount of it.

The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better...

I dosed myself with quinine.

VERB : V n with n , V pron-refl with n

Dose up means the same as dose .

I dosed him up with Valium.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P with n

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