Meaning of "poison" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POISON

From Old French puison potion, from Latin pōtiō a drink, esp a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF POISON

poison  [ˈpɔɪzən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POISON

Poison is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb poison in English.

WHAT DOES POISON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Poison

In the context of biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. The fields of medicine and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom. Toxins are poisons produced by some biological function in nature, and venoms are usually defined as toxins that are injected by a bite or sting to cause their effect, while other poisons are generally defined as substances absorbed through epithelial linings such as the skin or gut. Poisons are most often applied in industry, agriculture and other uses for other reasons than their toxicity. Pesticides are one application where they are indeed used for their toxicity.

Definition of poison in the English dictionary

The first definition of poison in the dictionary is any substance that can impair function, cause structural damage, or otherwise injure the body related adjective toxic. Other definition of poison is something that destroys, corrupts, etc. Poison is also a substance that retards a chemical reaction or destroys or inhibits the activity of a catalyst.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POISON

PRESENT

Present

I poison

you poison

he/she/it poisons

we poison

you poison

they poison

Present continuous

I am poisoning

you are poisoning

he/she/it is poisoning

we are poisoning

you are poisoning

they are poisoning

Present perfect

I have poisoned

you have poisoned

he/she/it has poisoned

we have poisoned

you have poisoned

they have poisoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been poisoning

you have been poisoning

he/she/it has been poisoning

we have been poisoning

you have been poisoning

they have been poisoning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I poisoned

you poisoned

he/she/it poisoned

we poisoned

you poisoned

they poisoned

Past continuous

I was poisoning

you were poisoning

he/she/it was poisoning

we were poisoning

you were poisoning

they were poisoning

Past perfect

I had poisoned

you had poisoned

he/she/it had poisoned

we had poisoned

you had poisoned

they had poisoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been poisoning

you had been poisoning

he/she/it had been poisoning

we had been poisoning

you had been poisoning

they had been poisoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will poison

you will poison

he/she/it will poison

we will poison

you will poison

they will poison

Future continuous

I will be poisoning

you will be poisoning

he/she/it will be poisoning

we will be poisoning

you will be poisoning

they will be poisoning

Future perfect

I will have poisoned

you will have poisoned

he/she/it will have poisoned

we will have poisoned

you will have poisoned

they will have poisoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been poisoning

you will have been poisoning

he/she/it will have been poisoning

we will have been poisoning

you will have been poisoning

they will have been poisoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would poison

you would poison

he/she/it would poison

we would poison

you would poison

they would poison

Conditional continuous

I would be poisoning

you would be poisoning

he/she/it would be poisoning

we would be poisoning

you would be poisoning

they would be poisoning

Conditional perfect

I would have poison

you would have poison

he/she/it would have poison

we would have poison

you would have poison

they would have poison

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been poisoning

you would have been poisoning

he/she/it would have been poisoning

we would have been poisoning

you would have been poisoning

they would have been poisoning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you poison
we let´s poison
you poison

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to poison

Past participle

poisoned

Present Participle

poisoning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «POISON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «poison» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of poison

adulterate · bane · befoul · bias · blight · cancer · canker · colour · contagion · contaminate · contamination · corrupt · corruption · deadly · defile · deprave · doctor · embitter · envenom · foul · infect · jaundice · kill · lace · lethal · malignancy · miasma · murder · pervert · poisonous · pollute · sour · spike · spoil · subvert · taint · toxic · toxin · undermine · venom · venomous · virus · vitiate · warp

TRANSLATION OF POISON

Find out the translation of poison to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of poison from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poison» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 毒药
• Translator English - Spanish: veneno
• English: poison
• Translator English - Hindi: जहर
• Translator English - Arabic: سُمّ
• Translator English - Russian: яд
• Translator English - Portuguese: veneno
• Translator English - Bengali: বিষ
• Translator English - French: poison
• Translator English - Malay: Racun
• Translator English - German: Gift
• Translator English - Japanese: 毒
• Translator English - Korean: 독
• Translator English - Javanese: Racun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thuốc độc
• Translator English - Tamil: விஷம்
• Translator English - Marathi: विष
• Translator English - Turkish: zehir
• Translator English - Italian: veleno
• Translator English - Polish: trucizna
• Translator English - Ukrainian: отрута
• Translator English - Romanian: otravă
• Translator English - Greek: δηλητήριο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gif
• Translator English - Swedish: gift
• Translator English - Norwegian: gift

10 QUOTES WITH «POISON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word poison.

1

George Ade

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

2

Aeschylus

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

3

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

4

Johann Arndt

Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.

5

Georges Bataille

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

6

Annie Besant

In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what injures one injures all. To do evil i.e., to throw poison into the life-blood of humanity, is a crime against the unity.

7

Orson Scott Card

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

8

Frederic Chopin

I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.

9

Jon M. Chu

I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.

10

William Empson

My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POISON»

Discover the use of poison in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poison and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Poison

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve her infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a ...

Chris Wooding, 2008

That Girl Is Poison

Will Desire realize the error of her ways before it_s too late? Tia Hines delivers a powerful message in this cautionary tale full of action and drama.

Tia Hines, 2012

Sweet Poison

Understand and break your addiction to sugar with David Gillespie's Sweet Poison. David Gillespie was 6 stone overweight, lethargic and desperate to lose weight fast - but he'd failed every diet out there.

David Gillespie, 2013

Poison: From Steeltown to the Punjab, The True Story of a ...

Chronicling the life and crimes of serial murderer Sukhwinder Dhillon, who coolly dispatched two wives, two twin infants, and a friend just for insurance money, Poison details the trail that stretched from Canada to India, the work of the ...

Jon Wells, 2009

Milk: The Deadly Poison

This work maintains that milk is a toxic substance, containing hundreds of different substances, each one having the potential to exert a powerful biological effect when taken independently of the others.

Robert Cohen, 1998

The Elements of Murder : A History of Poison: A History of ...

Emsley also touches on subjects close to home: cot deaths, laxatives, venereal disease, alleged cures for acne, hangovers, and insanity.

John Emsley, 2005

The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's ...

Dipping an arrowhead in the poison, a Scythian archer shoots the criminal, the arrow zipping over the heads of the guests. On another evening, the old root- cutter Krateuas might measure out some dread plant poison. With a flourish, he ...

Adrienne Mayor, 2011

Poison Study

That rotten-orange flavor you tasted was the poison.” I rose, my head spinning. “Is it lethal?” “A big enough dose will kill you in two days. The symptoms don't arrive until the second day, but by then it's too late.” “Did I have a lethal dose?” I held ...

Maria V. Snyder, 2012

Poison

Arthurian legend mixes with modern-day witchcraft in this haunting sequel to Legacy that finds Katy receiving a "gift" of poison that turns her into a killer, while powerful witches stir up trouble at Ainsworth School and in a world known ...

Molly Cochran, 2014

Poison Apple #7: Curiosity Killed the Cat

These books have bite! Hannah isn't thrilled to be moving in with her dad and his new family, who live right next to a spooky cemetery. Luckily, Hannah doesn't believe all the "ghost cat" stories she's heard about the graveyard.

Sierra Harimann, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POISON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poison is used in the context of the following news items.

AZ poison control center warns about active baby rattlesnakes

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, based at the University of Arizona, is warning people about baby rattlers that may emerge in ... «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»

Learn to recognize poison oak on sight

With summer weather comes the urge to get out into the great outdoors. Hikers, bikers and picnicers are scattered throughout the state. «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»

Gawker Is Poison: Founder Nick Denton Should Shut Down This …

Nick Denton and I are often mistaken for one another. One is a tall, narcissistic, America-obsessed British media titan with a history of ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

Poison in the calabash

Poison in the calabash. Category: Feature Articles July 27, 2015 209 0. Calabash. Palm wine remains a much-loved local drink for many ... «Ghana Business News, Jul 15»

The People's Pharmacy: Finding relief from poison ivy

There is a hidden hazard lurking in woods, parks or even your backyard. Poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac covers nearly the entire North ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»

Scientists at work: what's your poison? Tackling India's snakebite …

We believe in the free flow of information. We use a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives license, so you can republish our articles for ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»

Google introduces antidote for patent trolling poison

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has come forward to smash the patent trolls from curbing any of the advancements in technology by other startups. «The Hoops News, Jul 15»

Mr. Bejar's Opus, Destroyer's 'Poison Season' Reviewed

Let's get right to the point: Poison Season is a caustic, beguiling masterpiece. In a year already crammed with skyscrapers, Destroyer's new LP ... «Pretty Much Amazing, Jul 15»

New York farmer admits lacing meat with poison that killed three …

WILSON, N.Y. -- A 54-year-old man who killed three juvenile bald eagles after putting contaminated meat at the edge of his cornfield has ... «The Herald, Jul 15»

Egan: Trump is the poison his party brewed

The adults patrolling the playpen of Republican politics are appalled that we've become a society where it's OK to make fun of veterans, to call ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»