1. (

• dose ,
• dosage

) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time ;

2. (

• dose ,
• dosage

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

3. (

• 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 ;

4. (

• 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 ;

1. (

• dose

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

2. (

• drug ,
• dose

) administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" ;