poison
Definitions
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested
- Poisonous.
- Anything harmful to a person or thing
- Anything harmful to a person or thing.
- a remedy for or antidote against poison or infection. — alexipharmic, adj.
- An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
- poisoning caused by atropine or belladonna.
- Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity
- Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- a condition of chronic poisoning caused by excessive use of barbiturates.
- To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody)
- a disease of the nervous system caused by botulin developments in spoiled foods eaten by animals and man; a variety of bacterial food poisoning.
- a toxic condition caused by the misuse of the counterirritant and diuretic cantharides.
- drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol, especially as an habitual state.
- a condition in which the blood contains toxin from the intestines.
- a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain infected with ergot fungus or by an overdose of an ergot medicinal agent.
- an abnormal fear of poisons. Cf. toxiphobia.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansgif
Беларускаяатрута
བོད་སྐད།དུག
Euskarapozoi
فارسیزهر
ગુજરાતીઝેર
ភាសាខ្មែរថ្នាំពុល
Кыргызчауу
LëtzebuergeschGëft
Malagasypoizina
Македонскиотров
Монголхор
मराठीविष
Bahasa Melayuracun
မြန်မာအဆိပ်
Ikinyarwandauburozi
Slovenščinastrup
Kiswahilisumu
తెలుగువిషము
Тоҷикӣзаҳр
Türkmençezäher
Tagaloglason
ئۇيغۇرچەزەھەر
اردوزہر
Examples
“Near-synonym: (loosely) venom”
“We used a poison to kill⟳ the weeds.”
“Gossip is a malicious poison.”
“Awaie with the Rebels ſuffer them not to ſpeake, His words are poyſon in the eares of the people, […]”
“— What's your poison? — I'll have⟳ a glass of whiskey.”
“The temperature effect of poisons. The influence⟳ of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change⟳ of reaction conditions.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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