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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024poi•son /ˈpɔɪzən/USA pronunciation n. - Drugsa substance that taken into the body can destroy life or cause illness: [uncountable]poison in his food.[countable]Several different poisons could have killed his dog.
- something harmful, as to happiness:[uncountable]Her mother-in-law was poison to her.
v. [~ + object] - Pathologyto kill or injure with or as if with poison:She had been poisoned.
- to put poison into or upon:Some of those foods had been poisoned.
- to ruin or corrupt:Hatred had poisoned their minds.
adj. [usually: before a noun] - containing poison:a poison shrub.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024poi•son (poi′zən),USA pronunciation n. - Drugsa substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being:the poison of slander.
- Slang Termsany variety of alcoholic liquor:Name your poison!
v.t. - to administer poison to (a person or animal).
- Pathologyto kill or injure with or as if with poison.
- to put poison into or upon;
saturate with poison:to poison food. - to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt:Hatred had poisoned his mind.
- Chemistryto destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme).
adj. - causing poisoning;
poisonous:a poison shrub.
- Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) drink, potion, poisonous draught
- Old French
- Middle English puisun 1200–50
poi′son•er, n. poi′son•less, adj. poi′son•less•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Poison, toxin, venom are terms for any substance that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system, esp. of a higher animal. Poison is the general word:a poison for insects.A toxin is a poison produced by an organism; it is esp. used in medicine in reference to disease-causing bacterial secretions:A toxin produces diphtheria.Venom is esp. used of the poisons secreted by certain animals, usually injected by bite or sting:the venom of a snake.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contaminate, pollute, taint.
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