Poison
['pɒɪz(ə)n] or ['pɔɪzn]
Definition
(noun.) anything that harms or destroys; 'the poison of fascism'.
(noun.) any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism.
(verb.) administer poison to; 'She poisoned her husband but he did not die'.
(verb.) add poison to; 'Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her'.
(verb.) kill with poison; 'She poisoned her husband'.
(verb.) kill by its poison; 'This mushrooms can poison'.
(verb.) spoil as if by poison; 'poison someone's mind'; 'poison the atmosphere in the office'.
Typist: Marcus--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.
(n.) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
(n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
(v. i.) To act as, or convey, a poison.
Inputed by Leonard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, noxious influence.
v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker.
Checked by Brett
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vitiate, taint, infect, envenom, pollute
ANT:Purify, disinfect, depurate
Inputed by Annie
Definition
n. any substance which introduced into the living organism tends to destroy its life or impair its health: anything malignant or infectious: that which taints or destroys moral purity.—v.t. to infect or to kill with poison: to taint: to mar: to embitter: to corrupt.—adj. Poi′sonable.—ns. Poi′soner; Poi′son-fang one of two large tubular teeth in the upper jaw of venomous serpents through which poison passes from glands at their roots when the animal bites; Poi′son-gland a gland which secretes poison; Poi′son-ī′vy a shrub-vine of North America causing a cutaneous eruption; Poi′son-nut the nux vomica.—adj. Poi′sonous having the quality of poison: destructive: impairing soundness or purity.—adv. Poi′sonously.—n. Poi′sonousness.
Typed by Adele
Unserious Contents or Definition
To fed that you are poisoned in a dream, denotes that some painful influence will immediately reach you. If you seek to use poison on others, you will be guilty of base thoughts, or the world will go wrong for you. For a young woman to dream that she endeavors to rid herself of a rival in this way, she will be likely to have a deal of trouble in securing a lover. To throw the poison away, denotes that by sheer force you will overcome unsatisfactory conditions. To handle poison, or see others with it, signifies that unpleasantness will surround you. To dream that your relatives or children are poisoned, you will receive injury from unsuspected sources. If an enemy or rival is poisoned, you will overcome obstacles. To recover from the effects of poison, indicates that you will succeed after worry. To take strychnine or other poisonous medicine under the advice of a physician, denotes that you will undertake some affair fraught with danger.
Typed by Eliza
Examples
- The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There was poison in the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The coroner's jury found that he took the poison accidentally. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It's the breath of my life, Godfrey, and it's the poison that kills me--both in one! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was past both Colleges, Mr. Chillip said, and the Hall could only poison him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In each instance the animal died almost instantly, for Kulonga's poison was very fresh and very deadly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It were the Poison-bottle on table. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I reject counsel poisoned by insinuation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was poisoned by Agrippina, the mother of his adopted son, Nero, and a woman of great charm and force of character. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He poisoned himself in despair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had eaten with relish: the food was good--void of the feverish flavour which had hitherto poisoned what I had swallowed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Scattered, disunited--the very air of the place poisoned with mystery and suspicion! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I should expect to be poisoned. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Poisoned, Amelia! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There is white lead and red lead, and verdigris, and gamboge, and twenty other poisons in those colour cakes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She excited the suspicions of public librarians by asking for works on poisons. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If I had wanted to use anything save narcotic medicines that were poisons in themselves, I would not have administered any of those. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Who can be worse than a wife who encourages a lover, and poisons her husband's mind against his relative? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Wickedness spoils and poisons all pleasant things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Some said he was an alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold, some that he was discovering new poisons, some frankly believed that his learning had turned his mind and made him mad. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then it is that which is poisoning you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Some said, that the Vincys had behaved scandalously, that Mr. Vincy had threatened Wrench, and that Mrs. Vincy had accused him of poisoning her son. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Workmen dig, workmen hammer, soldiers laugh and sing; in the morning, by the fountain, there is raised a gallows forty feet high, poisoning the water. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He is hanged there forty feet high--and is left hanging, poisoning the water. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Are there evil influences haunting the air, and poisoning it for man? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Those who survive an explosion are therefore in danger of suffocation or poisoning, and it becomes imperative to restore the circulation of the air with the least possible delay. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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