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Noun dose has 3 senses

dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
--₁ is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
--₁ has particulars:
booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose; draft, draught; hit; lethal dose; pill, lozenge, tablet, tab

Derived form: verb dose₂
dose, dosage - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
--₂ is a kind of indefinite quantity

Derived form: verb dose₁
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
--₃ is a kind of lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD

Verb dose has 2 senses

dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"
--₁ is one way to process, treat

Derived forms: noun dosage₁, noun dose₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
--₂ is one way to medicate, medicine

Derived forms: noun dosage₁, noun dose₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody