POISON

Meaning of POISON in English

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1520

1 : POISONOUS , VENOMOUS <a poison plant> <a poison tongue>

2 : impregnated with poison : POISONED <a poison arrow>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

POISON — I Any substance (natural or synthetic) that, at a certain dosage, damages living tissues and injures or kills. Poisons spontaneously …
Английский словарь Британика
POISON — I. ˈpȯiz ə n, dial ˈpīz- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English poisoun, poison, from Old French poison drink, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POISON — — poisoner , n. — poisonless , adj. — poisonlessness , n. /poy"zeuhn/ , n. 1. a substance with an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — I. ˈpȯi-z ə n noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French poisun drink, potion, poison, from Latin potion-, potio drink — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POISON — vi to act as, or convey, a poison. 2. poison ·noun to injure or kill by poison; to administer poison …
Webster English vocab
POISON — [poi.son] n [ME, fr. MF, drink, poisonous drink, poison, fr. L potion-, potio drink--more at potion] (13c) 1 a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POISON — poison BrE AmE ˈpɔɪz ə n ▷ poison|ed d ▷ poison|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ poison|s z ▶ ˌ poison ˈ gas, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POISON — / ˈpɔɪzn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] 1. a substance that causes death …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POISON — I. poi ‧ son 1 /ˈpɔɪz ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POISON — n. & v. --n. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POISON — n. & v. n. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POISON — n. & v. --n. 1. a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Oxford English vocab
POISON — ( poisons, poisoning, poisoned) 1. Poison is a substance that harms or kills people or animals if they swallow it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POISON — [verb] [T]To poison a person or animal is to kill them or make them very ill by giving them poison.Four …
Cambridge English vocab
POISON — n. poison hemlock poison ivy poison oak poison sumac poison elder blood poisoning arsenic poisoning drug poisoning medicinal poisoning fish …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POISON — n. 25B6; noun a deadly poison : TOXIN, toxicant, venom; archaic bane. See lists. Marianne would spread her poison : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POISON — 1. сущ. 1) яд, отрава тж. перен. powerful poison ≈ сильный яд rat poison ≈ крысиный яд The poison of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON — poison.ogg 1. ʹpɔız(ə)n n 1. 1> яд; отрава poison flour - белый мышьяк to take poison - принять яд 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POISON — 1) яд, ядовитое вещество; токсин 2) отравлять 3) поглотитель ( нейтронов ) • - burnable poison - catalyst poison - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
POISON — 1) яд, ядовитое вещество; токсин 2) отравлять 3) поглотитель (нейтронов) • - burnable poison - catalyst poison - electrode poison - electrolysis poison - environmental poison - permanent poison - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
POISON — 1) вредная примесь 2) отрава 3) отравлять 4) яд 5) ядовитый • burnable poison rod — машиностр. стержень с выгорающим поглотителем complex action poison — яд комплексного …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POISON — 1. ʹpɔız(ə)n n 1. 1> яд; отрава poison flour - белый мышьяк to take poison - принять яд 2> пагубное …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POISON — 1. сущ. 1) яд, отрава тж. перен. powerful poison — сильный яд rat poison — крысиный яд The poison of …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POISON — 1. сущ. 1) яд, отрава тж. перен. powerful poison — сильный яд rat poison — крысиный яд The poison of seditious doctrines. — Отрава …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POISON — яд - contact poison - digestive poison - fish poison - mitotic poison - systemic poison
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
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Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
POISON — 1. сущ. 1) яд, отрава тж. перен. powerful poison ≈ сильный яд rat poison ≈ крысиный яд The poison of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON — venen (-ar, -osi); toxine
English interlingue dictionary
POISON — hilo
English-Visayan vocabulary
POISON — I. noun see: potion Date: 13th century 1. a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POISON — (v. i.) To act as, or convey, a poison.
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — (n.) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — (n.) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or …
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — (n.) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect …
Английский словарь Webster
POISON — ( v. i. ) To act as, or convey, a poison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — ( n. ) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — ( n. ) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — ( n. ) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — ( n. ) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — ( n. ) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — v. kill or injure with toxin, give poison; have bad or damaging influence on; corrupt
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POISON — n. toxin; venom
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POISON — n. poison dart frog poison arrow frog poison gas poison hemlock poison ivy poison oak poison pen poison pill poison …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POISON — n. Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: poi · soned ; poi · son · ing \ ' po ̇ iz-ni …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POISON — n. Pronunciation: ' po ̇ i-z ə n Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French poisun drink, potion, poison, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POISON — ■ noun 1》 a substance that causes death or harm when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POISON — in nuclear physics, any material that can easily capture neutrons without subsequently undergoing nuclear fission. Examples of poisons are the …
Britannica English vocabulary
POISON — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Poison is a substance that harms or kills people or animals if they swallow it or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POISON — n. Any substance (natural or synthetic) that, at a certain dosage, damages living tissues and injures or kills. Poisons spontaneously …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POISON — Noun. Alcohol. Usually heard in questions such as "What's your poison?", meaning "What are you having to drink?"
Slang English vocab
POISON — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: POISONOUS , mephitic, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POISON — n. Function: verb Synonyms: DEBASE 1, animalize, bestialize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, warp
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POISON — n. Function: noun something that harms, interferes with, or destroys the activity, progress, or welfare of something else FF1C; the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POISON — I . n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, taint, noxious influence. II . v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker, mar, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
POISON — I. noun something that harms, interferes with, or destroys the activity, progress, or welfare of something else the negative publicity …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POISON — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POISON — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ potent , powerful , strong , virulent ▪ deadly , lethal ▪ pure ( usually figurative …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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