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Definition: Meaning of, poison in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɔɪz(ə)n /

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poison poisons
  1. [uncountable and countable] a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc
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  2. [countable] something such as an emotion or idea that makes you behave badly or become very unhappy
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  3. what's your poison? old-fashioned spoken a humorous way of asking which alcoholic drink someone would like
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poison poisoned poisoned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
poisoning poisons
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  1. to give someone poison, especially by adding it to their food or drink, in order to harm or kill them
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  2. if a substance poisons someone, it makes them sick or kills them
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  3. to make land, rivers, air etc dirty and dangerous, especially by the use of harmful chemicals
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  4. to have very harmful and unpleasant effects on someone's mind, emotions, or a situation
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poison used in phrases

  • South American poison toad (noun)
    1. a South American toad
  • bushman's poison (noun)
    1. evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
  • eastern poison oak (noun)
    1. poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
  • fly poison (noun)
    1. all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
  • poison arrow plant (noun)
    1. medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
  • poison ash (noun)
    1. smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
  • poison bush (noun)
    1. any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
    2. either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
  • poison camas (noun)
    1. a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
  • poison dogwood (noun)
    1. smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
  • poison gas (noun)
    1. gas that causes death or serious injury, used especially against an enemy in a war
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