Definitions for poison
ˈpɔɪ zənpoi·son

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. poison, toxicant, poisonous substancenoun

   any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

2. poisonverb

   anything that harms or destroys

   "the poison of fascism"

3. poisonverb

   spoil as if by poison

   "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"

4. poisonverb

   kill with poison

   "She poisoned her husband"

5. poison, envenomverb

   add poison to

   "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

6. poisonverb

   kill by its poison

   "This mushrooms can poison"

7. poisonverb

   administer poison to

   "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. poisonnoun

   A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.

   We used a poison to kill the weeds.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

2. poisonnoun

   Something that harms a person or thing.

   Gossip is a malicious poison.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

3. poisonnoun

   A drink; liquor.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

4. poisonverb

   To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody

   The assassin poisoned the king.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

5. poisonverb

   To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous

   That factory is poisoning the river.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

6. poisonverb

   To cause something to become much worse

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

7. poisonverb

   To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

   She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

   Etymology: From poison, from potio, from poto. See also potion and potable.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Poisonnoun

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

2. Poisonnoun

   that which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

3. Poisonnoun

   to put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

4. Poisonnoun

   to injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

5. Poisonnoun

   to taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

6. Poisonverb

   to act as, or convey, a poison

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Poison

   In the context of biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. The fields of medicine and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom. Toxins are poisons produced by some biological function in nature, and venoms are usually defined as toxins that are injected by a bite or sting to cause their effect, while other poisons are generally defined as substances absorbed through epithelial linings such as the skin or gut.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Poison

   poi′zn, n. any substance which, introduced into the living organism, tends to destroy its life or impair its health: anything malignant or infectious: that which taints or destroys moral purity.—v.t. to infect or to kill with poison: to taint: to mar: to embitter: to corrupt.—adj. Poi′sonable.—ns. Poi′soner; Poi′son-fang, one of two large tubular teeth in the upper jaw of venomous serpents, through which poison passes from glands at their roots when the animal bites; Poi′son-gland, a gland which secretes poison; Poi′son-ī′vy, a shrub-vine of North America, causing a cutaneous eruption; Poi′son-nut, the nux vomica.—adj. Poi′sonous, having the quality of poison: destructive: impairing soundness or purity.—adv. Poi′sonously.—n. Poi′sonousness. [Fr.,—L. potio, a draught—potāre, to drink.]

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1. • Corrupt
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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'poison' in Nouns Frequency: #2986

How to pronounce poison?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of poison in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of poison in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of poison in a Sentence

1. Uhuru Kenyatta:

   We will establish a new prison to hold violent, extremist offenders – the truth of the matter is that we cannot allow them to spread their poison to vulnerable Kenyans.

2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   This should not be a partisan issue, the way the Democrats have tried to turn this into a partisan issue – that somehow Republicans woke up in the morning and decided oh, it’s a good time to poison some kids with lead. It’s absurd. It’s outrageous.

3. Aleksandre Kvakhadze:

   A group tried to poison him, but it didn't work.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions the surest poison is time.

5. Hoth Gor Luak:

   We don't trust those traders, most of them are Dinkas ... They can poison it.

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