English to afrikaans meaning of

Volgens die Oxford English Dictionary kan die woord "dwelm" 'n paar verskillende betekenisse hê, afhangende van die konteks:'n Stof wat vir medisinale doeleindes gebruik word, hetsy om 'n siekte te behandel of om verlig die simptome daarvan.'n Stof wat vir ontspanning gebruik word vir sy verstandsveranderende effekte, soos dagga, kokaïen of heroïen.Enige stof, behalwe voedsel, wat gebruik word om te beïnvloed die struktuur of funksie van die liggaam of gees, insluitend voorskrif- en oor-die-toonbank medisyne.'n Stof wat by voedsel of drank gevoeg word om die smaak of voorkoms daarvan te verander, soos geurmiddels of kleurstowwe.'n Stof wat gebruik word in die voorbereiding van 'n kleurstof, verf of ander materiaal.Oor die algemeen verwys die term "dwelm" na enige stof wat 'n fisiologiese effek het op die liggaam, hetsy positief of negatief, en kan vir verskeie doeleindes gebruik word.

Sentence Examples

  1. That does nothing to support murder suspicions, but, then, poisoning the man with a drug he was known to have used would also be a clever way to cover up the crime.
  2. I thought about drug overdose or possible suicide.
  3. Time compressed as I fought against the drug coursing through my system.
  4. Then again, the drug was still doing a tap dance in my head.
  5. Trouble was, it was always there, as irresistible as a drug, and about as safe as juggling lit matches.
  6. The physical effects of the drug were finally starting to wear off, but I had a bad case of the shakes.
  7. The basement looked like a drug operation right out of a mob movie.
  8. Now that the worst effects of the drug had abated, my mind was clearing a bit and an understanding of my predicament set in.
  9. Time drug on slowly, or maybe it just felt that way because I was an impatient wolf who wanted some action.
  10. The drug continued to wear off, and I could feel things slowly clearing out in my head.