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Noun poison has 2 senses
- poison, poisonous substance - any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
--1 is a kind of substance, matter
--1 has particulars: atropine; hyoscyamine; toxin
- poison - anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
--2 is a kind of destructiveness
Verb poison has 5 senses
- poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
--1 is one way to corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
- poison - kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can kill"
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- poison - kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
--3 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to poison the prisoners
- poison, envenom - add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
--5 is one way to drug, dose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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