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addict

 
Noun addict has 2 senses
  1. addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"
    --1 is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
    --1 has particulars: gym rat
    Derived form: verb addict1
  2. addict - someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
    --2 is a kind of
    drug user, substance abuser, user
    --2 has particulars:
     caffeine addict, caffein addict; drug addict, junkie, junky; speed freak
    Derived form: verb addict1
Verb addict has 1 sense
  1. addict, hook - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
    --1 is one way to habituate, accustom
    Derived forms: noun addiction3, noun addiction1, noun addict1, noun addict2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
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