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1. (n.) poison
a substance that has an inherent tendency to destroy life or impair health.
2. poison
something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being.
3. (v.t.) poison
to administer poison to (a person or animal).
4. poison
to kill or injure with or as if with poison.
5. poison
to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison.
6. poison
to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt:
Hatred had poisoned their minds.
7. poison
Chem. to destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme).
8. (adj.) poison
poisonous:
a poison shrub.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME puisun < OF < L pōtiōnem, acc. of pōtiō drink, potion)
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1. (noun) poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
2. (verb) poison
anything that harms or destroys
"the poison of fascism"
3. (verb) poison
spoil as if by poison
"poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
4. (verb) poison
kill with poison
"She poisoned her husband"
5. (verb) poison, envenom
add poison to
"Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
6. (verb) poison
kill by its poison
"This mushrooms can poison"
7. (verb) poison
administer poison to
"She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
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1. (noun) poison
a harmful substance when eaten or drunk
a deadly poison
2. (verb) poison
to give poison to harm or kill
Blood tests showed he had been poisoned.
3. poison
to pollute or contaminate
gases that poison the atmosphere
4. poison
to affect badly
He had poisoned her mind against them.
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1. (noun) Poison
any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases
2. (noun) Poison
that which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin
3. (noun) Poison
to put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink
4. (noun) Poison
to injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to
5. (noun) Poison
to taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind
6. (verb) Poison
to act as, or convey, a poison
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Sense: any substance which causes death or illness when taken into the body
She killed herself by taking poison; (also adjective) poison gas.
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 Afrikaans: gif |
 Arabic: سُم |
 Bulgarian: отрова |
 Brazilian: veneno |
 Czech: jed(ovatý) |
 German: das Gift; Gift-... |
 Danish: gift; gift-; giftig |
 Greek: δηλητήριο |
 Spanish: veneno |
 Estonian: mürk |
 Farsi: زهر |
 Finnish: myrkky |
 French: poison |
 Hebrew: רַעַל |
 Hindi: विष |
 Croatian: otrov |
 Hungarian: méreg |
 Indonesian: racun |
 Icelandic: eitur |
 Italian: veleno |
 Japanese: 毒 |
 Korean: 독 |
 Lithuanian: nuodai; nuodingas |
 Latvian: inde; indīgs |
 Malay: racun |
 Dutch: vergif |
 Norwegian: gift |
 Polish: trucizna |
 Persian: زهر |
 Pashto: زار |
 Portuguese: veneno |
 Romanian: otravă |
 Russian: яд |
 Slovak: jed; jedovatý |
 Slovenian: strup |
 Serbian: otrov |
 Swedish: gift |
 Thai: ยาพิษ |
 Turkish: zehir |
 Taiwanese: 毒藥 |
 Ukrainian: отрута |
 Urdu: زہر |
 Vietnamese: chất độc |
 Chinese: 毒药 |
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