Definitions for poison

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poison poi·son

Spelling: [poi-zuh n]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪ zən/

Poison is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in poison (inoops).

Definitions for poison

noun

1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being:
3. Slang. any variety of alcoholic liquor:

adjective

1. causing poisoning; poisonous:

verb (used with object)

1. to administer poison to (a person or animal).
2. to kill or injure with or as if with poison.
3. to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison:
4. to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt:
5. Chemistry. to destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme).

Origin of poison

1200-50; Middle English puisun Old French Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) drink, potion, poisonous draught

Examples for poison

Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas.

She poured it as if it were poison, and Josiah became conscious of her tragic self-control.

He would not look at it, and when I threw it close to him he dashed it away as if it was poison.

“Either you poison yourselves or you take this which shoots,” the boss says.

Infernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill.

And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.

Why reserve the knowledge of the blessing until it has turned to poison?

I determined to try the poison of jealousy, by way of an alterative.

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”

Better remember my little school-mate as she was before the poison stung her.