addict 1

verbdomain: v food

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Synonyms

hook 9
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Derivationally related form

adjective

causing or characterized by addiction

noun

(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master

noun

someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

noun

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

noun

being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

Entailment

verb

take or consume (regularly or habitually)