(doses, dosing, dosed)
1.
A dose of medicine or a drug is a measured amount of it which is intended to be taken at one time.
One dose of penicillin can wipe out the infection.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
You can refer to an amount of something as a dose of that thing, especially when you want to emphasize that there is a great deal of it.
The West is getting a heavy dose of snow and rain today.
N-COUNT: usu adj N of n [emphasis]
3.
If you dose a person or animal with medicine, you give them an amount of it.
The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better...
I dosed myself with quinine.
VERB: V n with n, V pron-refl with n
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Dose up means the same as
dose.
I dosed him up with Valium.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P with n