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# nicotine

noun (nicotine; uncountable)

«nicotine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and vapes; it is poisonous and makes people addicted, so they find it very hard to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health and drug education lessons: nicotine is the reason people get hooked on smoking and vaping; it raises heart rate and harms young brains. It is illegal to sell cigarettes and nicotine vapes to children. Liquid nicotine for vapes is poisonous if swallowed — keep it away from small children and pets.

### Examples

- Cigarettes contain nicotine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x1)
- Nicotine makes it very hard for people to stop smoking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x2)
- Many vapes have nicotine in them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x3)
- Nicotine is harmful to growing brains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x4)
- Liquid nicotine is poisonous if swallowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x5)
- Grandpa uses nicotine patches to help him quit smoking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x6)
- Shops cannot sell nicotine products to children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Said «NIK-o-teen». A myth: vapes are not «just water vapour» — most contain nicotine. Nicotine is named after Jean Nicot, who brought tobacco to France.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nicotine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nicotine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nicotine.html) on Mova free.