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Poison

//ˈpɔɪ.zən// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: (loosely) venom"

  2. 2
    anything that harms or destroys wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything harmful to a person or thing. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Gossip is a malicious poison."

  4. 4
    any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism wordnet
  5. 5
    An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?") countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable

    "— What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey."

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  1. 6
    Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity. countable, uncountable

    "The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions."

Verb
  1. 1
    To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody). transitive

    "The assassin poisoned the king."

  2. 2
    administer poison to wordnet
  3. 3
    To pollute; to cause to become poisonous. transitive

    "That factory is poisoning the river."

  4. 4
    add poison to wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause to become much worse. transitive

    "Suspicion will poison their relationship."

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  1. 6
    kill with poison wordnet
  2. 7
    To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions. transitive

    "She's poisoned him against all his old friends."

  3. 8
    kill by its poison wordnet
  4. 9
    To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
  5. 10
    spoil as if by poison wordnet
  6. 11
    To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit. transitive

    "In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“I drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter.

Etymology 2

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“I drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter.

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