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What's The Definition Of Poison?
[n] anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
[n] any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism [v] administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband" [v] add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" [v] kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband" [v] kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can kill" [v] spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" Synonyms | Synonyms for Poison: envenom | poisonous substance Related Terms | Find terms related to Poison: abomination | abuse | acaricide | activate | adulterate | adulteration | afflict | aggrieve | alloy | annihilate | anthelmintic | antibiotic | antimony | antiseptic | apache | arsenic | arsenic trioxide | assassin | assassinator | atrocity | bad | bane | befoul | befoulment | bereave of life | beryllium | bewitch | bichloride of mercury | blight | bloodletter | bloodshedder | bravo | bug bomb | burker | butcher | button man | cadmium | Cain | cancer | canker | cannibal | carbamate insecticide | carbolic acid | carbon monoxide | carbon tetrachloride | carry away | carry off | charge | cheapen | chemosterilant | chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide | chlorine | chloroform | coarsen | communicability | condemn | confound | contact poison | contagion | contagiousness | contaminate | contamination | corrupt | corruption | crucify | crying evil | curse | cut down | cut off | cutthroat | cyanide | damage | DDD | DDT | deadliness | debase | debauch | defile | defilement | deflower | defoliant | degenerate | degrade | demoralize | denature | deprave | deprive of life | desecrate | desperado | despoil | despoliation | destroy | destruction | destructiveness | detriment | devalue | disadvantage | disinfectant | dispatch | dispose of | disserve | distort | distress | do a mischief | do away with | do evil | do for | do ill | do to death | do wrong | do wrong by | doom | embalming fluid | empoison | end | envenom | eradicant | eradicator | evil | execute | executioner | exterminate | exterminator | finish | finish off | formaldehyde | fumigant | fungicide | garroter | germicide | get into trouble | gorilla | grievance | gun | gunman | gunsel | harass | harm | hatchet man | havoc | head-hunter | herbicide | hex | hit man | homicidal maniac | homicide | hurt | hydrocyanic acid | hyoscyamine | ill | immolate | impair | infect | infection | infectiousness | infectivity | injure | injury | insect powder | insecticide | irradiate | jinx | kill | killer | launch into eternity | lead | liquidate | lynch | make away with | malignancy | maltreat | man-eater | man-killer | manslayer | martyr | martyrize | massacrer | matador | menace | mephitic | mephitis | mercuric chloride | mercury | miasma | microbicide | mischief | mistreat | misuse | miticide | molest | murder | murderer | mustard gas | nicotine | noxiousness | organic chlorine | organic phosphate insecticide | outrage | panther piss | Paris green | persecute | pervert | pesticide | pestilence | phenol | plague | play havoc with | play hob with | poison gas | poisoner | poisonousness | pollute | pollution | prejudice | prostitute | prussic acid | purge | put away | put down | put to death | put to sleep | radiumize | rat poison | ravage | ravish | remove from life | roach paste | roach powder | rodenticide | rotgut | sacrifice | savage | scathe | selenium | shellac | slaughterer | slay | slayer | sophistication | stain | starve | stomach poison | strangler | strychnine | subvert | systemic | systemic insecticide | taint | take life | take off | the worst | threaten | thug | torment | torpedo | torture | toxic | toxicant | toxicity | toxin | trigger man | twist | ulcerate | venin | venom | venomous | venomousness | vermicide | vexation | violate | virulence | virulency | virulent | virus | vitiate | vulgarize | warp | weed killer | woe | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong See Also | alter | atropine | change | corrupt | debase | debauch | demoralise | demoralize | deprave | destructiveness | dose | drug | hyoscyamine | intoxicate | kill | matter | misdirect | pervert | profane | substance | subvert | toxin | vitiate Poison In Webster's Dictionary \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,
fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,
fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]
1. 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.
2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,
the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
{Poison ash}. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found
in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black
liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.
(b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]
{Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.
{Poison fang} (Zo["o]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth
of some species of serpents, which, besides having the
cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a
longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of
the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.
{Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which
secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed
along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.
{Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant
({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.
{Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone
walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,
rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are
poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison
sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.
{Poison nut}. (Bot.)
(a) Nux vomica.
(b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos
Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel
coasts.
{Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby
{Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.
{Poison sac}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See
Illust. under {Fang}.
{Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}
({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison
dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on
graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in
swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white
berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are
harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the
celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the
poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the
poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of
Japan.
Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.
Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something
received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.
Venom is something discharged from animals and
received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting
of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically
implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
\Poi"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poisoning}.] [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See {Poison}, n.] 1. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink. ``The ingredients of our poisoned chalice.'' --Shak. 2. To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. If you poison us, do we not die ? --Shak. 3. To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind. Whispering tongues can poison truth. --Coleridge. \Poi"son\, v. i. To act as, or convey, a poison. Tooth that poisons if it bite. --Shak. |
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