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dose

/ˈdoʊ̯s/noun, verb1 syllable

Dose means: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.

Synonyms for dose23

noun, as in street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen

noun, as in a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, STD

noun, as in a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

dosage

noun, as in the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

dosage

verb, as in administer a drug to

drug

also used for dose

fill

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What does dose mean?6

noun

1

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

2

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

3

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

4

the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

verb

1

administer a drug to“They drugged the kidnapped tourist”

2

treat with an agent; add (an agent) to“The ray dosed the paint”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dose?4

one syllable

closegross

three syllables

diagnosegrandiose
Show 40 near rhymes
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Dose in a sentence

  • Everything is poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose poisons.kaiperkins271
  • Girls will get the vaccine in two doses, six months apart.Hybrid
  • Red wine is beneficial, its secret lies in dosing.unknown
  • It's time you had a dose of your medicine.CS
  • He goes crazy when he hasn't received his dose.rul
  • Please give him a dose of medicine every six hours.CM
  • Please be sure to take one dose three times a day.CK
  • Flavio injected himself with a dose of the serum to heal himself instantly.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of dose

as a noun

plural
doses

as a verb

past tense
dosed
present participle
dosing
third-person singular
doses
past participle
dosed