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Meaning of 'poison'
Meaning of 'poison' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Poison 
[ n.]
- Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,
is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it;
as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases. [ n.]- That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
- To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.
- To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
- To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
2. Poison [ v. i.]
- To act as, or convey, a poison. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'poison' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. poison [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- anything that harms or destroys
- anything that harms or destroys
Example in sentence:
- the poison of fascism
2. poison [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- add poison to
- add poison to
Example in sentence:
- Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her
Meaning (3):
- spoil as if by poison
- spoil as if by poison
Example in sentence:
- poison someone's mind;
- poison the atmosphere in the office
Meaning (4):
- kill with poison
- kill with poison
Example in sentence:
- She poisoned her husband
Meaning (5):
- administer poison to
- administer poison to
Example in sentence:
- She poisoned her husband but he did not die
Meaning (6):
- kill by its poison
- kill by its poison
Example in sentence:
- This mushrooms can poison
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